Editing Geography of Taiwan (section)

=== Agriculture ===
{{main|Agriculture in Taiwan}}
The few natural resources with significant economic value remaining in Taiwan are agriculture-associated. [[Sugarcane]] and [[rice]] have been cultivated in western Taiwan since the 17th century. [[Camphor]] extraction and sugar refining played an important role in Taiwan's exports from the late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century.{{sfnp|Exec. Yuan|2014|p=304}} The importance of these industries declined mainly due to the reduction of international demand rather than the exhaustion of related natural resources.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Huang |first1=Sophia Wu |title=Structural Change in Taiwan's Agricultural Economy |journal=Economic Development and Cultural Change |date=1993 |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=43–65 |doi=10.1086/452064 |jstor=1154612 |s2cid=153836478 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1154612 |issn=0013-0079 |access-date=1 January 2021 |archive-date=28 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328190836/https://www.jstor.org/stable/1154612 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Domestic agriculture (rice being the dominant kind of crop) and [[fisheries]] retain some importance. Still, they have been greatly challenged by foreign imports since Taiwan's accession to the [[World Trade Organization]] in 2002. Consequently, upon the decline of subsistence, Taiwan's agriculture now relies heavily on the marketing and export of specialty crops, such as [[banana]]s, [[guava]]s, [[lychee]]s, [[bell fruit]]s, and [[high-mountain tea]].{{sfnp|Exec. Yuan|2014|pp=160–168}}