Map visualisation service (WMS) of the dataset: Agriculture — Less-favoured agricultural areas in Loir-et-Cher

Lessfavoured agricultural areas are territories with specific natural and permanent handicaps (economic, agricultural, physical and demographic) related 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 support to agriculture (ICHN aid) in its environmental and social functions which make it an important contributor to the sustainable development of the economy.The compensation for natural handicaps (ICHN) contributes to the maintenance of a viable rural community in disadvantaged areas and thus helps to balance the occupation of the territory by economic and human activities.The total or partial classification of municipalities in less-favoured areas is determined by decrees of the Ministry in charge of agriculture, it is divided into 5 types of disadvantaged areas: areas of high mountain, mountain, dry mountain, Piedmont and simple less-favoured areas.