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

 
Citation proposal
. Less Favoured Areas. Scottish Government https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/f4e358c1-df06-4107-bfd2-03f7581ecb07

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Alternate title
LFA
Date ( Creation )
1997-01-01
Identifier
www.gov.scot / SG_LessFavouredAreas
Presentation form
mapDigital Digital map

  Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
IPSV - Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary version 2
  • Agricultural Land , Common Agricultural Policy
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations on public access
Use limitation
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
vector Vector
Denominator
50000
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Farming
  • Environment
Geographic identifier
GB-SCT

 

Date ( Revision )
2007-12-13

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Reference system identifier
EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.4
Distribution format
  • WMS (1.3.0 )

  • WFS (2.0.0 )

  • ESRI REST (1.0 )

  • ESRI Shapefile (1.0 )

OnLine resource
Less Favoured Areas  

OGC View Service

OnLine resource
Less_Favoured_Areas  

OGC Feature Download Service

OnLine resource
Less Favoured Areas  

ESRI REST Service

OnLine resource
Area Management  

ATOM Download Service

OnLine resource
Less Favoured Areas  

ESRI Shapefile Download

Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Statement
LFA dataset was digitised in 1997. The creation details are not known.

Metadata

File identifier
f4e358c1-df06-4107-bfd2-03f7581ecb07   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2018-12-05
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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