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Less-favoured agricultural areas are territories with specific (economic, agricultural, physical and demographic), natural and permanent handicaps linked to terrain, altitude, slope and soil, in which the maintenance of agricultural activity is necessary for the maintenance of the natural area (see Directive 75/268/EEC). They carry the public policy of supporting agriculture (ICHN aid) in its environmental and social functions, which make it an important contributor to the sustainable development of the economy. Compensation for natural handicaps (ICHN) contributes to the maintenance of a viable rural community in less-favoured areas and thus helps to balance the occupation of the territory by economic and human activities. The classification, in whole or in part, of municipalities in less-favoured areas is determined by decrees of the Ministry of Agriculture. It is broken down into five types of less-favoured areas: high mountain, mountain, dry mountain, foothill and simple less-favoured areas.

农业弱势地区（Less-favoured agricultural areas）是指因地形、海拔、坡度与土壤等条件，存在特定（经济、农业、自然与人口维度）永久性自然劣势的区域，维持农业活动是维护该类自然区域的必要前提（参见《75/268/EEC指令》）。此类地区推行支持农业的公共政策——自然劣势补偿援助（ICHN aid），该政策依托其环境与社会功能，成为经济可持续发展的重要贡献者。自然劣势补偿（ICHN）有助于维持农业弱势地区的活力乡村社区，进而平衡区域内经济与人类活动的空间分布。各市镇全部或部分被划入农业弱势地区的分类结果，由农业部法令确定。该分类共划分为五类农业弱势地区：高山区、山区、干旱山区、山麓丘陵区以及普通农业弱势地区。