Anjo City Fig & Pear Farming Management Improvement Support Program

This program is operated independently by Anjo City (Aichi Prefecture) as part of the broader Food, Agriculture and Exchange Promotion Subsidy framework. It supports farmers and qualified farmland-owning corporations cultivating figs (ichijiku) or pears (nashi) within the city by subsidizing orchard replanting costs and equipment refurbishment / material procurement costs, aiming to renew aging orchards, strengthen the production base, and improve long-term management of local fruit farming. Eligible applicants are individual farmers with cultivation plots inside the city and qualified agricultural production corporations holding farmland in the city. Plots planted purely for self-consumption are excluded. Projects already covered by national, prefectural or other Anjo City subsidies cannot be funded again. Double-funding within the same orchard under the "Fig and Pear Orchard Succession Support Program" is prohibited; concurrent use with the "New Farmer Support Program" is allowed but identical contents may not be claimed twice. Eligible expenses fall into two categories. (1) Replanting expenses: heavy-machinery rental and transport for stump removal / deep tillage / leveling, tree disposal, fruit-tree seedlings, and soil improvement (grafting excluded). (2) Equipment refurbishment & materials: new installation, repair or material purchase for fruit trellises, anti-bird / anti-insect / wind-break netting, and irrigation facilities (machinery / tools excluded). The subsidy rate is one-half (1/2) of eligible expenses. The cap is JPY 200,000 per management entity for replanting and JPY 500,000 per management entity for equipment & materials. Replanting requires at least 1 are of replanted area and that purchase-to-application happen within one year of the seedling receipt date. Equipment refurbishment requires at least JPY 100,000 of expenses at a single in-city plot. The application deadline is end of December, Reiwa 8 (2026-12-31); applications are filed via the local JA Aichi Central branches. Required documents include the implementation detail form, receipt copies, a municipal tax inspection-consent form, and at least two plot photos.