Less Favoured Areas
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
Default
Identification info
- Alternative title
- LFA
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 1997-01-01
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2020-12-01
- Identifier
- www.gov.scot / SG_LessFavouredAreas
- Presentation form
- Maintenance and update frequency
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
- IPSV Subjects List ()
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- Agricultural land
- Common Agricultural Policy
- Limitations on Public Access
- Other constraints
- No limitations to public access
- Use constraints
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence
- Other constraints
- 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)
- Spatial representation type
- Denominator
- 50000
- Topic category
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- Farming
- Environment
- Code
- S92000003
- Code
- EPSG:4258
- Code
- EPSG:27700
Distribution Information
Data format
- Data format
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WMS
(
1.3.0
)
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WFS
(
2.0.0
)
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ESRI REST
(
1.0
)
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ESRI Shapefile
(
1.0
)
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WMS
(
1.3.0
)
Transfer options
- Resource Locator
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LessFavouredAreas
(
OGC:WMS
)
OGC View Service
- Resource Locator
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AE:LessFavouredAreas
(
OGC:WFS
)
OGC Feature Download Service
- Resource Locator
-
Less Favoured Areas
(
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
)
ESRI REST Service
- Resource Locator
-
Less Favoured Areas
(
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
)
ESRI Shapefile Download
- Quality Scope
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Degree
- Statement
- LFA dataset was digitised in 1997. The creation details are not known.
Metadata
- File identifier
- f4e358c1-df06-4107-bfd2-03f7581ecb07 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Resource type
- Metadata Date
- 2021-01-14T13:23:46
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3