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

Agricultural parcel containing spatial data The agricultural parcels are a year-by-year data set containing the agricultural parcels in the annual aid application. A agricultural parcel is defined as a continuous area of a single reference parcel where a single crop, a mixture of crops or a mixture of crops is grown, set aside or used for a specific purpose. A reference parcel may have one or more agricultural parcels. A agricultural parcel may belong to only one reference parcel. The boundaries of the agricultural parcels, and hence their areas, may vary from year to year within the reference plot. The aim of the definition of valuable data sets (EU) 2023/138 has been to ensure that the most socially potential public data are reusable. The Food Authority is concerned with the theme Spatial data: reference parcels and agricultural parcels From the 2023 data onwards, the Food Authority will add attribute information to the published data as follows: Agricultural parcel containing spatial data - Organic production New field in the data set LUOMUVILJELY = Organic production: 1=absent or 0=no More information: https://www.ruokavirasto.fi/globalassets/tuet/maatalous/oppaat/hakuoppaat/peltotukiopas/peltotukien-hakuopas-2024.pdf

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