About farming support for new farmer (information of business in 2024)

1. Business Name
   Yokohama City New Farmer Agricultural Management Improvement Support Project
2. Business description
   We support a part of the cost of machinery and materials used and managed by new farmers themselves.
3. Subsidized persons
   Certified new farmers and Yokohama Challenge Farmers within 5 years of farming
   Agricultural successors under 49 years old within 5 years from parental farming, management succession and management separation as of April 1 of the project implementation year
4. Subsidized expenses
   Purchase costs for agricultural machinery and production materials, maintenance costs for production facilities, and environmental improvement costs such as installation of fences to prevent sediment runoff
5. Subsidization rate
   Within 50% of operating expenses excluding consumption tax

We start acceptance of pre-examination application from Monday, April 1, 2024. Please check the following contents and submit required documents within the application period.

1. Application for Preliminary Examination
   ・Certified New Farmer, Yokohama Challenge Farmer
   　From Monday, April 1, 2024 to Thursday, April 18,
   ・Parent farming, succession, management succession, management Divority
   　From Monday, April 22, 2024 to Friday, May 17,
2. This application
   A separate form is available for this application.
3. Grant decision
   If there is no defect in the documents, it will be decided in about one month.
   Caution: Those ordered before the grant is decided are not eligible for assistance.
4. Project completion and payment of operating expenses
5. Submission of performance report
6. Confirmation of completion and determination of subsidy amount
7. Submission of payment invoices and payment of subsidies

For certified new farmers and Yokohama Challenge Farmers

Parental farming, succession, management succession, and management For successors of agriculture

• Application for Preliminary Examination
• Business Plan
• Copy of quotes, etc. (Documents that can confirm the operating cost and business contents)
• Documents such as catalogs, drawings and location maps
• For new farmers, a copy of the new farming certification.
• For those who are parental farming, documents proving that it is within 5 years from parental farming, succession of management, and separation of management　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Example: diploma of Kanagawa Agricultural Academy, etc., final income tax return for two years before and after farming (which can confirm payment of full-time employee salary to applicant),　　　　　　　　　　　　　A copy of the notification of opening to the tax office

• Certified New Farmer, Yokohama Challenge Farmer

In charge of agricultural administration, Northern Agricultural Administration Office
Phone: 045-948-2479
Fax: 045-948-2488
(Tsurumi Ward, Kanagawa Ward, Hodogaya Ward, Asahi Ward, Kohoku Ward, Midori Ward, Aoba Ward, Tsuzuki Ward  )

In charge of agricultural administration promotion, Southern Agricultural Administration Office
Phone: 045-866-8491
Fax: 045-862-4351
(Nishi Ward, Naka Ward, Minami Ward, Konan Ward, Isogo Ward, Kanazawa Ward, Totsuka Ward, Sakae Ward, Izumi Ward, Seya Ward)

• Parent farming, succession, management succession, management Divority

Agriculture Promotion Section, Northern Agricultural Administration Office
Phone: 045-948-2480
Fax: 045-948-2488
(Tsurumi Ward, Kanagawa Ward, Hodogaya Ward, Asahi Ward, Kohoku Ward, Midori Ward, Aoba Ward, Tsuzuki Ward  )

Agriculture Promotion Section, Southern Agricultural Administration Office
Phone: 045-866-8497
Fax: 045-862-4351
(Nishi Ward, Naka Ward, Minami Ward, Konan Ward, Isogo Ward, Kanazawa Ward, Totsuka Ward, Sakae Ward, Izumi Ward, Seya Ward)