A1:

1. The qualifications and priority for the lease of national farmlands are as follows:

(1) The current cultivators who have cultivated the farmland before July 21, 1993; or the current cultivators who have inherited such farmland, who are willing to pay compensation for the occupying period.

(2) Young farmers on the guidance programs of the central agricultural responsible authority.

(3) Those who are the owners of arable land adjacent to national arable land, who have also actually cultivated their own arable land.

(4) Those who are the lessees of arable land adjacent to national arable land, who have also actually cultivated such leased arable land.

(5) Young people who graduated from agricultural schools and/or have been engaged in agriculture on family farms.

(6) Those who have obtained certification after receiving more than 40 hours of agricultural professional training from the agricultural responsible authority in the past five (5) years.

(7) Agricultural production cooperatives.

2. Where land originally cultivated by a farmer has been damaged by a natural disaster or rendered impossible to recultivate due to other force majeure events, and is located within a disaster area officially designated pursuant to applicable post-disaster reconstruction laws, the affected farmer may be given priority over the applicants specified in Subparagraphs 2 through 7 of the preceding paragraph for the lease of national farmland, provided that the central competent authority for the relevant sector has determined that it is necessary to make such farmland available for cultivation by affected farmers.

3. For the same arable land, in the case that there are two or more (inclusive) applicants of the same priority, who all make applications within the application acceptance period, in accordance with the provisions of Subparagraphs 2 to 7 in  Paragraph 1, the final lessee shall then be decided by drawing lots. The same shall apply where there are two or more applicants under the preceding paragraph who all make applications within the application acceptance period.

Note: Due to the challenges posed by future extreme climate events, and in order to ensure prudent use of national farmland, safeguard national land security, promote ecological conservation, and restore natural forest vegetation for the protection of water catchment areas – and in view of the fact that the primary eligible lessees of national farmland are those with a long-standing history of cultivation, and whose use complies with land-use regulations, starting from June 1, 2025 (inclusive), applications from second to seventh priority applicants for leasing of national farmland located in slope conservation zone and forest zone will be temporarily suspended.