我政府為配合「振興經濟方案」的推動，刻正積極規劃釋出大量農地，以供工業、商業、住宅、公共設施等非農業部門使用。然農地乃一珍貴之自然資源，注重整體生產環境之維護，任何之變更轉用皆應謹慎衡量。本研究即以此為中心理念，分析目前我國農地釋出之決策程序是否合理及所面臨之問題，並以德國之經驗及相關機關訪談結果，綜合研擬改進方向與配合措施。茲扼要說明其內容如下：

　　第壹章、緒論。首先揭櫫本研究之動機與目的所在；其次陳述研究內容與方法；再界定本研究之範圍與限制，解釋農地釋出與決策程序所指為何，並繪製研究流程圖，以明瞭研究之理念與程序。

　　第貳章、理論基礎與文獻回顧。本研究以公共政策研究領域常見之理性決策理念與模型為理論基礎。並檢討回顧有關文獻，以指引本研究之研究方向。

　　第參章、我國農地釋出相關問題之探討。本研究之重點在於理性決策模型所設定之決策程序中，關於決策所需資料之建立及相關對策之擬定等是否理性客觀。藉由農地變更之概況及相關法規、政策等之檢討，發現農地變更或釋出時，乃以經濟及建設為主導，往往忽略農地非經濟層面之功能。

　　第肆章、中德農地釋出決策程序之比較分析。以上述為基礎，選取包括農地之功能定位、農地釋出之規劃機關與效果、農地釋出之法源依據、農地釋出參與過程等課題，作為中德比較之課題。發現德國視農地為一珍貴自然資源之定位、賦予地方規劃自主權、國土綜合開發法之明確規範、農業結構規劃資料之提供、決策過程兼顧各方意見（制衡原則）..等優點，實值得參酌。

　　第伍章、我國農地釋出決策程序改進方向之研擬。在建立決策所需資料方面，需調整農地之功能定位、建立整體農業現況調查及農業相關規劃之完整資訊..等；在擬定相關對策方面，應在國土綜合開發計畫法（草案）上訂定各種土地使用之基本原則..等。

　　第陸章、結論與建議。綜合各章節之探討，提出精簡之研究結論與建議事項。

　　In order to evolve the economic growth the Government in Taiwan perform " Program of Economic Restoration" by releasing a remarkable amount of argricultural land to non-argricultural use to solve problems of high land price and land acquisition for private sector. But argricultural land means a very valu-able natural resource. It needs to be evaluated carefully when making a decision to convert argricultural land to non-argricultural use. This study intend to analyze the rationality and problems within the procedure of decision-making for "farml and release" in Taiwan and Germany, and propose policy recommenda-tion. This include the following contents:

　　Chapter1 lntroduction: To explain what are "farmland release" and "procedure of decision-making", and the restriction of this study.

　　Chapter2 Theoretical Basis and Literature Review : This study apply "Rational Decision Model" to the analysis of procedure of decision-making.

　　Chapter3 Problems on Farmland Release in Taiwan : Economic growth and development are emphasized in land-use. This cause the ignorance of the functions of argriculture land,especially the contribution on non-economic level.

　　Chapter4 A Comparative Analysis on The Procedure of Decision-Making for Farmland Releas in Taiwan and Germany : All persons or groups concerned play an active role in the procedure (top-down bottom-up procedure) in Germany..and so on.

　　Chapter5 The Recommendation on The Procedure of Decision-Making for Farmland Releas in Taiwan : The non-economic func-tions of farmland need to be emphasized in " Territorial Deve-lopment Planning Law" (draft)..and so on.

　　Chapter6 Conclusion: Making a comprehensive comment accord-ing to the contents above.