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Farmers' judgement of land evaluation in the Welsh marches
Author(s) -
Fisher P. F.,
John D. T.,
Williams D. P.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
soil use and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.709
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1475-2743
pISSN - 0266-0032
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1986.tb00671.x
Subject(s) - judgement , welsh , land improvement , quality (philosophy) , land use , land values , land management , geography , environmental resource management , agricultural economics , business , environmental planning , environmental science , economics , agriculture , political science , civil engineering , law , engineering , archaeology , philosophy , epistemology
. An interview survey of farmers' assessment of the overall capacity of land, as well as its suitability for specific uses is compared with the judgement of the Soil Survey of England and Wales. The results are interpreted as showing that in a general evaluation the farmers are accurately aware of the quality of their land, but they are less well informed as to its true suitability for specific uses. The comparison shows the potential importance of land suitability analysis to the farmers, especially at a time of changing economic pressures.