ABSTRACT

Various challenges and problems will be encountered while trying to greatly increase the world’s food production to meet the nutrition requirements of about 9 billion people. To anticipate the kinds of challenges and problems that we may face, it is pertinent to examine the case of Taiwan, which is a relatively small island nation in area, but with a high density of population and which is rather

4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 49 4.1.1 Taiwan and World Food Requirements ...................................................................... 49 4.1.2 Geographical Background of Taiwan .........................................................................50 4.1.3 Soil Diversity of Taiwan .............................................................................................50