本文旨在探討台灣家庭農場的特質與其在經濟發展過程中之成因，並且 根據其特質尋找降低成本的方法以賺取滿意利潤。 在台灣，小規模家庭農場對經濟發展及非農業部門的貢獻有其歷史的傳統。往昔 係屬生產導向，家庭農場在保護政策下總以追求較高的產量來達成最大利潤，而 今在國際化下，市場的開放以及消費型態的改變，使得農業經營必須考慮經濟效 率及品質的提昇而非生產量的提高，而經濟效率一直藉由「成本降低」來界定。 本文乃提出農業經營企業化、農產品產銷組織化、農場操作機械化以及生產成本 標準化，作為家庭農場降低成本的四個有效策略。 The main objective of this paper is to analyze the special characteristicsof family farm and its process in economic development as well as cost reduction according to its nature to earn a satisfactory profit. In Taiwan, Small-Scale family farm has long been a great contributor toeconomic development and non-agricultural improvement from its historical tradition. In the past year, it was the production-oriented period. The family farmunder the protection policy always pursuited higher yielding to maximum profit.But as the internationalization, the openning markets and changing consumptionpattern are the important indicators for agricultural operation to consider economic efficiency and quality improvement rather than the improvement of productivity. Economic efficiency has been defined in terms of cost reduction. This paper thus propose that 1. businessilization of farm management 2.orgamization of production and marketing 3. mechanization of farm operationand 4. standardilization of production cost may be the possible resolution forcost reduction in family farm.
