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| author | Matthews, Keith Wardell-Johnson, Douglas Tavana, Mostafa Miller, Dave |
| author_facet | Matthews, Keith Wardell-Johnson, Douglas Tavana, Mostafa Miller, Dave |
| contents | <p>Farm types and rotations data are key elements of the analysis within the Land Use Transformations project.</p> <p><br>Farm types are the main way in which data has been presented to SG and other stakeholders and is the way in which within agricultural sectors effects are identified and presented. Farm types are also a key way in which it is possible to define land use change (LUC) scenarios – see milestone M21, where dairy farms are preserved from undergoing tree planting. This scenario defining can be either representing theoretical or empirically based definition of how likely changes are likely to occur (e.g. high value dairy land is less likely to see trees planted) or may be a normative part of the scenario outcomes ought (no loss of local capacity for productions such as dairy). More robust and sophisticated ways to define farm types have been explored to try and improve coverage and deal with land holdings and phenomena that are challenging to include in agricultural classifications.</p> <p><br>Rotations are an important element in defining the extent and intensity of agricultural land use, with some suspicion that for substantial areas of Scotland there is little evidence of rotation being implemented at all (at least as reported via IACS land use claims). Taking a multi-temporal view of land cover/use is also of value in identifying relationships with land capability and the extent of crop based (arable) land uses (where modelling e.g. of spring barley yields should take place).</p> |
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| publishDate | 2023 |
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| spellingShingle | M22 - Farm Types and Rotations Matthews, Keith Wardell-Johnson, Douglas Tavana, Mostafa Miller, Dave <p>Farm types and rotations data are key elements of the analysis within the Land Use Transformations project.</p> <p><br>Farm types are the main way in which data has been presented to SG and other stakeholders and is the way in which within agricultural sectors effects are identified and presented. Farm types are also a key way in which it is possible to define land use change (LUC) scenarios – see milestone M21, where dairy farms are preserved from undergoing tree planting. This scenario defining can be either representing theoretical or empirically based definition of how likely changes are likely to occur (e.g. high value dairy land is less likely to see trees planted) or may be a normative part of the scenario outcomes ought (no loss of local capacity for productions such as dairy). More robust and sophisticated ways to define farm types have been explored to try and improve coverage and deal with land holdings and phenomena that are challenging to include in agricultural classifications.</p> <p><br>Rotations are an important element in defining the extent and intensity of agricultural land use, with some suspicion that for substantial areas of Scotland there is little evidence of rotation being implemented at all (at least as reported via IACS land use claims). Taking a multi-temporal view of land cover/use is also of value in identifying relationships with land capability and the extent of crop based (arable) land uses (where modelling e.g. of spring barley yields should take place).</p> |
| title | M22 - Farm Types and Rotations |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18019887 |