Summary information

Study title

Upland Farms Survey Based on Institute of Terrestrial Ecology Sample Squares, 1977-1986

Creator

Warnock, S., Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Bell, M., Institute of Terrestrial Ecology

Study number / PID

2709 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2709-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


To investigate why certain land-use and environmental changes had taken place on farms/estates and what predictions could be made about future effects of the Common Agricultural Policy and related policies.
Main Topics:

Variables
Farm size, tenure and type, land use, labour, woodland, diversification, use of and attitude towards support policies. Historical data on cropping and stocking (from 1977).

Methodology

Data collection period

01/01/1986 - 01/01/1987

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

National
Farmers
Landowners

Universe

Upland farms

Sampling procedure

No information recorded

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1990

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

  • Bell, M. (1987) 'Forestry : : always on the land left to Cain'
  • (1986) Countryside implications of possible changes in the CAP [Research report], : Centre for Agricultural Strategy.
  • Bell, M. (1986) 'CAP, the environment and less favoured areas in Britain : : modelling and predicting the effects of change' , Toulouse: Regions Defavorisees et Protection de l'Environment.