The department is also responsible for the payment of primary producer grants from the emergency relief fund in order to relieve financial distress suffered by farmers and fish farmers adversely affected by natural disasters and found eligible 渔农业补助金本署亦负责发放紧急救援基金的渔农业补助金，以减轻受天灾所害及被认为符合资格的农民及养鱼业者的经济困难。
Application forms for the emergency relief fund are available at the department s yuen long agricultural extension office , 5f , yuen long government offices , tai kiu market , 2 kiu lok square , yuen long ; and tai lung experimental station , lin tong mei , sheung shui 紧急救援基金申请表格可于元朗桥乐坊二号大桥街市元朗政府合署五楼渔护署农业推广办事处，以及上水莲塘尾大龙实验农场索取。
