Scotland's Less Favoured Areas (LFA) cover the majority of the country's agricultural land and are essential to sustaining rural communities, food production, and environmental stewardship. Farming in these areas faces significant natural constraints, including challenging terrain, harsh weather, and poorer soils, making production more costly and less profitable than in lowland regions.
For policymakers, understanding the importance of LFA is critical to ensuring that agricultural, environmental, and rural development policies reflect the unique challenges of Scotland's upland and remote farming communities and safeguard their long-term economic and environmental contribution.
Therefore, we have written a
briefing for MSPs, MPs and political stakeholders to underline the importance of Scotlands LFAs, and all that they deliver. For more detailed information on LFA policy, please see
here.