Support is provided to service providers that offer services generally throughout Hiroshima Prefecture, covering costs associated with initiatives necessary for launching new service businesses or expanding existing service businesses, as well as costs for purchasing smart agricultural machinery and other equipment necessary to provide agricultural support services.
Hiroshima Prefecture: Comprehensive Measures to Accelerate Smart Agriculture and Agricultural Support Service Businesses (Support for Launching and Expanding Agricultural Support Services), Second Round, FY2026
September 14, 2026
Summary
Hiroshima Prefecture supports service providers offering services generally throughout the prefecture with the costs of launching or expanding agricultural support businesses and purchasing smart agricultural machinery and other necessary equipment.
Key Information
| Location | Hiroshima |
|---|---|
| Opening Status | Open for Applications |
| Application Period | Aug 5, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026 |
| Max Subsidy Amount | ¥50,000,000 |
| Subsidy Rate | Launch and business expansion initiatives: fixed amount; Introduction of smart agricultural machinery and other equipment: 1/2; maximum amount varies depending on the eligible item |
| Purpose | Business improvement and strengthening; capital investment; productivity improvement and operational efficiency; digitalization; labor-saving and workforce reduction |
| Eligible Expenses | Machinery and equipment expenses; rent and lease fees; personnel expenses; examination and course fees; raw material and supply costs |
| Eligible Applicants | Cooperatives, organizations, and other entities; agricultural corporations; agricultural organizations; agricultural cooperatives and similar organizations |
| Implementing Agency | Hiroshima Prefecture |
| Official Page | https://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/soshiki/82/nougyoshienservice.html |