Less Favoured Areas

• Published by: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
• Last updated: 19 June 2024
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Summary

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

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Link to the data	Format	File added	Data preview
Less Favoured Areas	ZIP	19 June 2024	Not available
Less Favoured Areas	N/A	19 June 2024	Not available
AE:LessFavouredAreas	N/A	19 June 2024	Not available
LessFavouredAreas	N/A	19 June 2024	Not available

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2021-01-14
• Access contraints: 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)
• Harvest GUID: f4e358c1-df06-4107-bfd2-03f7581ecb07
• Extent: Latitude: 60.87° to 54.63°
• Extent: Longitude: -8.80° to -0.71°
• Dataset reference date: 1997-01-01 (creation)
• Dataset reference date: 2020-12-01 (revision)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: Scottish Government (publisher)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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