Economic Income Status of Indigenous Tribes

Because most people in the tribes are engaged in agriculture and the tribes are located in the Hualien area, packaging and shipping costs represent very high costs for small-scale tribal agricultural producers. Furthermore, due to the impact of industrialization, agricultural products that originally possessed good quality are not easily seen by the general consumer public due to insufficient capacity in packaging design and marketing promotion. In addition, because environmental pollution and the rate of chemical pesticide use are increasing day by day, leading to a decrease in yields, while maintaining organic cultivation or eco-friendly farming is extremely difficult, most tribal farmers resort to farming methods that are more harmful to the environment for their livelihoods.