Field parcel register

The field parcel register is an annual file containing the reference parcels covered by the annual aid application.

A reference parcel is a geographically homogeneous area of land cultivated and owned or managed by an individual applicant (excluding commonly used land) and bounded by a municipal boundary, a property boundary, a subsidy or contract area boundary, a watercourse, a district or river, a road, a forest or other similar boundary.

A homogeneous area in terms of geography, eligibility and type of land use owned by an aid applicant is a single reference parcel, even if it is made up of several separate registered parcels owned by the applicant.

The aim of the definition of valuable data (EU) 2023/138 has been to ensure that the most socially potential public data are re-available.

The Food Authority is concerned with the theme of spatial data: reference parcels and agricultural parcels

From 2023 onwards, the Food Authority will add attributes to the published data as follows:

Field parcel register

- Organic production

- Slope, ha (Sloping areas in base parcels with a slope of more than 15% in mainland Finland and more than 10% in Åland).

- Groundwater area, ha

- Natura area, ha

- Buffer stripping requirement (metres), m

The following new fields are included in the data:

LUOMUVILJELY = Organic production: 1=absent or 0=no

KALTEVA_ALA = SLOPE_AREA: Sloping areas in the base parcel. Slope in mainland Finland over 15 % and in Åland over 10 %, ha

POHJAVESI_ALA = SHOREWATER_AREA: ha

NATURA_ALA = NATURA_AREA: ha

SUOJAKAISTA_M: Bufferstrip requirement (on parcel) , m.

More information at: https://www.ruokavirasto.fi/globalassets/tuet/maatalous/oppaat/hakuoppaat/peltotukiopas/peltotukien-hakuopas-2024.pdf