Certified Farmer System

The purpose of this system is to nurture and secure farmers who have excellent management sense and aim to become stable agricultural management entities as motivated and capable leaders, and nurture and secure them.
As agriculture and farmland decrease due to the progress of urbanization, it is expected that agriculture will be able to be selected as an attractive occupation.

Based on the Agricultural Management Infrastructure Reinforcement Promotion Act, the contents of the “Agricultural Management Improvement Plan” (management target five years later) created by farmers themselves to aim for effective and stable agricultural management are formulated by the city. If it is deemed appropriate in light of the basic concept, it is a system that certifies the plan and provides necessary support for realizing the plan.

Any farmer who is willing to work on improving his / her own farming is eligible for certification regardless of the size of the management, large or small, farming type, organizational form, or gender.

1. Priority is given to support for expanding the scale and accumulation of farmland.
2. You can use a multi-purpose, long-term, and low-interest loan system.
   (When using Yokohama Urban Agriculture Promotion Fund, we will add interest replenishment.)
3. You can receive consultations and workshops on management improvement according to your needs.
4. It is targeted for support of supporting business "management improvement support project" of Yokohama-shi.
   (Target: Subsidy rate within 50%, upper limit of 500,000 yen. Purchase costs for agricultural machinery, equipment, production facility materials, etc. However, the upper limit may change because it is within the budget for the year. )

As of April 1, 2019
275 Management

• Regarding general matters such as the system
  Green Environment Bureau Agriculture Promotion Section Agriculture Promotion Section
  Telephone: 045-671－2637
  Fax: 045-664－4425
• If you live in Kohoku, Green, Aoba, Tsuzuki, Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Hodogaya, Asahi Ward
  Green Environment Bureau Northern Agricultural Administration Office (4th floor of Tsuzuki Ward   General Government Building)
  Telephone: 045-948－2480
  Fax: 045-948－2488
• Those who live in Minami, Konan, Isoko, Kanazawa, Tozuka, Sakae, Izumi, Seya Ward
  Green Environment Bureau Southern Agricultural Administration Office (8th floor of Totsuka Ward General Government Building)
  Telephone: 045-866－8493
  Fax: 045-862－4351