Grant conditions & requirements
Eligibility
1. An applicant must be a resident or a registered company/organisation of Hong Kong and operate a crop farm engaged in commercial production of not less than 1 dau chung (d.c.)6 or a licensed livestock farm in Hong Kong. Crop farms smaller than 1 d.c. are not eligible for the scheme taking into account the limited benefits that they may attain from mechanisation because of the small scale of their operation.
2. To prevent double benefit, applications should be made on a one grant per farm basis; a successful applicant, as well as his/her spouse, is not eligible for further grant under FIS even if he/she and his/her spouse own[s] more than one farm, or subsequently acquire[s], rent[s] or relocate[s] to a different farm.
3. An applicant would need to provide proofs7 to certify that his/her farm is an operating farm for commercial production.
4. Only equipment and materials shortlisted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) for FIS and put to use in the applicant’s farm are eligible for application for grant. The prevailing list of eligible equipment and materials is at Appendix8.
