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The territory of Hualien is extensive and the population density is not as dense as the metropolitan area. Therefore, farming is an important industry in Hualien. However, farmland is insufficient because farmers need a lot of farmland for cultivation.Therefore, the release of publicly owned farmland for legal use by farmers is indeed an important policy. Among the publicly owned farmland, national farmland accounts for the majority. This study discusses the effectiveness of the implementation of the policy of national farmland leasing policy through in-depth interviews with national farmland tenants, experts, scholars, policy implementers, and policy supervisors in Hualien County. The study found three major issues. First of all, although the current national farmland leasing policy regulates the object and the order of leasing, the leasing-grabbing situation has occurred repeatedly and it caused many disputes. This situation is related to the fact that the policy did not take the opinions of stakeholders into account, so it should be revised. Secondly, in order to maximize the benefits of the policy, the national farmland leasing policy should be considered to cooperate with the relevant agricultural policies of the agricultural administration authority. However, the current situation goes by contraries. For example, the counseling targets of agricultural-related policies often excluded publicly owned farmland tenants. It is important that interdisciplinary cooperation should be strengthened. Thirdly, policy advocacy should be strengthened. It is recommended to go to the countryside for advocacy and get closer to the public. Only in this way can relevant authorities know public opinion and formulate policies that are more tailored to farmers' needs, and can also reduce disputes and reduce tenants' breach of contract. Most of the stakeholder gave positive comments on the release of the right to use national farmland through leasing, and the tenants also believed that the policies meet the needs of farming and are helpful for sustainable agricultural operations. If the above suggestions can be improved, the effectiveness of policy implementation will be better demonstrated.
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