全球人口不斷增長，預估2050年將達到95億人，屆時糧食需求量會大增。但近年來極端氣候及環境變遷，加上自然災害經常導致農作物收成銳減。地球暖化、土地沙漠化、土地河川污染、可耕農地減少。青壯年離鄉離農趨勢嚴重、農業休耕，農民陷入困境。而食安問題層出不窮、食材來歷不明、加工食品添加化學致癌物危害健康。未來糧食需求量將面臨嚴峻的挑戰，若不加以改善，極可能造成糧食危機。LED植物工廠既是未糧荒的解方，但許多業者熱情投入後皆因收支不平衡而結束營業。本研究希望找出LED植物工廠經營者無法維持營運之主要原因。並針對當前歐、美、中東、亞洲等LED植物工廠較盛行區域，各擇其一代表性國家，研究其LED植物工廠發展現況。再進行分析整理歐、美、中東、亞洲等LED植物工廠發展策略，提出台灣植物工廠上游產業供應廠商在商業策略上因應的參考。期使台灣產業提升產業佈局及商業策略之品質，以促進商業機會、並增進國內就業機會。本研究係採用質性研究，以觀察法、次級資料蒐集（專家學者論著、專業產業報導、報章雜誌、企業網路）結合個人近三年來在工作場所對植物工廠近距離的觀察加以分析整理，進行研究探討。研究結論顯示：發展植物工廠是三贏策略，對民眾，對企業、對環境都是有利的。既可推動環保、增加社會就業、又可提升產業促進經濟成長。

The estimated global population in 2050 will reach 950 million. By then, the demand for food will increase greatly. It is necessary to develop a large scale of arable land to avoid future food shortages. However, extreme climate and environmental changes coupled with natural disasters in recent years, have led to sharp declines in crop yields. Global warming, sea level rising, land desertification, river and land pollution, fresh water resources and arable land reducing, and young generation leaving their hometowns causing detrimental to agricultural industry. Meanwhile, chemical carcinogens in food ingredient caused food safety problems and hazardous human health. Future increasing food demand would be a severe challenge to human being. It is very likely to cause a food crisis if without any improvement. It is known that the LED plant factory is a new solution to future food shortage, but many companies who enthusiastically invested in LED plants factory have finally closed their businesses due to unbalanced revenue and expenditure. This study hopes to identify the main reasons why LED plant factory operators cannot maintain their business. In order to know the current progress of world leading LED plant factories, this study focus on Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and Asia. By selecting one of the representative countries to study their current status of LED plant factory development. Then, analyze their development strategies and put forward commercial strategy references to the upstream industry of the plant factories in Taiwan. Hoping to improve Taiwan industrial deploy and business strategy in order to increased business opportunities and domestic employment opportunities.

This study is qualitative research with observation methods (by personal working experience), secondary data collection (reading scholars' work, professional industry reports, newspapers, magazines, corporate networks, and market information from customers), combine with personal observation of LED plant factory at the workplace, to do information analysis, comparison and integration. The research conclusions show that the development of LED plant factories is a win-win strategy, which is beneficial to the people, the enterprises, and the environment. In addition to the tangible value, the intangible value is life education from LED plant factory to human. For those residents who have long time living in a city with high-density populations and high speed of living pace, the green life in LED plant factories will help eliminate stress and balance their body and mind.

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