Identification

Title

Less Favoured Areas

Alternative title(s)

LFA

Abstract

In recognition of the different physical and socio-economic characteristics across the regions, the European Union introduced the Less Favoured Area (LFA) designation to support farming where production conditions are difficult. The criteria for LFA designation were first established in European legislation in 1975 (Directive 75/268 EEC and accompanying measures). There are 3 types of LFA's; all in Scotland fall into the category of simple LFA's marked by poor soils and low agricultural income. Scotland's LFA's are defined by: (i) The presence of poor land of poor productivity, which is difficult to cultivate and with a limited potential which cannot be increased except at excessive cost, and which is mainly suitable for extensive livestock farming. (ii) lower than average production, compared to the main indices of economic performance in agriculture. (iii) a low or dwindling population predominantly dependent on agricultural activity, the accelerated decline of which could cause rural depopulation

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/ScotGov/AgricultureEnvironment/MapServer/WMSServer?

protocol: OGC:WMS

name: LessFavouredAreas

description: OGC View Service

function: information

https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/ScotGov/AgricultureEnvironment/MapServer/WFSServer?

protocol: OGC:WFS

name: AE:LessFavouredAreas

description: OGC Feature Download Service

function: download

https://maps.gov.scot/server/rest/services/ScotGov/AgricultureEnvironment/MapServer/3

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: Less Favoured Areas

description: ESRI REST Service

function: download

https://maps.gov.scot/ATOM/shapefiles/SG_LessFavouredAreas_2020.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: Less Favoured Areas

description: ESRI Shapefile Download

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

SG_LessFavouredAreas

codeSpace

www.gov.scot

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

farming

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Agricultural land

Common Agricultural Policy

originating controlled vocabulary

title

IPSV Subjects List

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-11-18

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.80

East bounding longitude

-0.71

North bounding latitude

60.87

South bounding latitude

54.63

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1997-01-01

date type

revision

effective date

2020-12-01

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

LFA dataset was digitised in 1997. The creation details are not known.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

Data format

name of format

WMS

version of format

1.3.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year)

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Geographic Information Science and Analysis Team

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

email address

GI-SAT@gov.scot

responsible party role

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Geographic Information Science and Analysis Team

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

email address

GI-SAT@gov.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-01-14T13:23:46

Metadata language

eng