About environmental conservation type agriculture promotion person certification system

In 2004, Yokohama City started a system to certify and support farmers working on environmental conservation agriculture.
For those who have been certified, we will conduct workshops and workshops to provide information, spread and expand our efforts to environmental conservation type agriculture, disseminate them to citizens, and urban agriculture and the city The aim of the system is to deepen their understanding of agricultural products.

247 employees (as of March 31, 2017)

Farmers who are willing to work on all of the following 1 to 5 or work in the future.
However, at the beginning of the certification, if there is a willingness to work on only three of 1 to 5 (4 to 5 is required), you will be eligible for certification.

Procedure Flow

1 Make soil with compost, etc.
2 Introduce technology to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers.
3 Introduce technology to reduce the use of synthetic pesticides.
4 Efforts to reuse resources and conserve energy to reduce the burden on the environment.
5. Make a note of the contents of the initiative.

・Provision of information on environmental conservation-type agriculture (holding workshops, etc.)
・Distribution of indications for direct sales outlets
・Certified as a Yokohama-style leading farmer, and is implementing a support project for direct sales and processing plants. (Green Up Plan)

・About general matters such as the system
Yokohama City Green Environment Bureau Agriculture Promotion Section Leader Support Section Telephone 711-0638 ・ FAX721-6356
・If you live in Kohoku, Midori, Aoba, Tsuzuki, Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Hodogaya or Asahi Ward
Yokohama City Northern Agricultural Administration Office Phone 948-2482, FAX948-2488
・If you live in Minami, Konan, Isoko, Kanazawa, Tozuka, Sakae, Izumi, Seya Ward
Yokohama City Southern Agricultural Administration Office Phone 866-8494 / FAX862-4351