為探討政府加入WTO之後,專業農家婦女面對自家產業受到衝擊所衍生的開創副業之意願及目前已有之兼業情形,於高屏地區計24個鄉鎮擇200名營農婦女訪問調查。結果發現:有90人(45.0%)想兼副業,因為131人(65.5%)認為在政府加入WTO之後自家產業受到很大的影響,所以非常希望有一份農場外的副業收入以彌補日益減少的農業收入。102人(51.0%)認為未來如必須有一人兼業或離農轉業,自己是適當人選。受訪者只有66人(33.0%)目前有兼業,13人(19.7%)表示如副業經營成功將來會轉業。有副業之受訪農婦年收入以10萬元以下居多(45人,68.2%),年收入11萬至25萬元者只有18人(27.3%)。未來,以年收入10~25萬為目標者佔多數,以21萬元以上為目標者有27人(40.9%),14人(21.2%)以5至10萬元為目標。尚無副業者以年收入11~15萬為目標者最多有32人(23.9%),其次為30~35萬元有26人(19.4%),16~20萬元有21人(15.7%)。目前兼副業者,經營項目之前三名依序為小規模的「餐飲業」31人(47.0%)、打零工13人(19.7%)及代工8人(12.1%)。對尚無副業者而言,最受青睞的副業為小本生意的餐飲業(65人,48.5%)如早餐店、小吃、米食餐點及飲料。有126人(63.0%)希望政府能辦理研習訓練並協助培育農婦第二專長或輔導專業農婦兼業或轉業,有46名(23.0%)受訪者希望政府能給予補助,23人(11.5%)希望政府能提供無息或低利貸款以協助購買生產設備。
In order to inquiring the aspiration of managing side line of women farmer and finding out the situation of their part time jobs, 200 women farmer were investigated. The findings are-45.0% of visited women want to have side line because of their agricultural income have been decreasing since our government participated 'WTO' in 2002. 51.0% of women farmer think they are the appropriated ones of the farmer couples who must manage side lines or who should go out to find another job. There is only 33.0% of visited women who run side lines, 19.7% of them indicated they will transfer to off-farm work if their side line is successful. At present, 68.2% of the average annual side line income are under 100 thousand NT dollars, 27.3% are between 110~250 thousand NT dollars. Most of them hope the annual income will reach 100~250 thousand NT dollars in the future, but the target annual income of 40.9% of them is over 210 thousand NT dollars. There is still 21.2% of visited women farmer think 50~100 thousand NT dollars for annual income is acceptable. 23.9% of the goal of annual side line income for those women who don't have side line are 110~150 thousand NT dollars, 19.4% of them think 300~350 thousand NT dollars is ok, even 15.7% think 160~200 thousand NT dollars is acceptable. The first three items of side line is food service (47.0%), odd job (19.7%), original equipment manufacture (12.1%). 48.5% of those women farmer who don't have side line businesses at present think investment of food service is the first choices of side line if they want to manage a new job. All of the visited women farmer wish our government can offer some assistance to them, 63.0% of them think training courses for another technical skill and assist women farmer to pass trade skill test or help them to transfer to off-farm work or manage a side line is helpful for them, 23.0% of visited women farmer wish to get subsidy and 11.5% hope that low-interest loan could be better for them to buy equipment to run a new career.