The Liberty Times reported Taitung's millet area accounts for nearly half the national total, with the Agriculture and Food Agency guiding development of innovative millet dishes and processed goods.

Millet is deeply tied to Indigenous food culture and grows well even in dry, poor soil, drawing renewed attention in an age of climate change.

Developing processed goods and dishes adds value beyond selling raw grain; linked to local branding and tourism, it aids farm incomes.

The keys are stable markets, quality control and the participation of young farmers.

Sinophone Bridge Times finds the value of traditional crops in the future table, not nostalgia; Taitung's effort shows one way smallholders can survive.