The 'squeezed middle': Identifying and addressing conflicting demands on intermediate quality farmland in Scotland

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• agricultural land 73%
• land use 61%
• demand 60%
• ecosystem service 41%
• land 34%
• conflict 26%
• farm 26%
• land use conflict 22%
• landscape conservation 21%
• active participation 21%
• policy instrument 19%
• public service 19%
• goods and services 18%
• pilot project 18%
• nature conservation 16%
• food production 16%
• planting 15%
• woodland 14%
• income 13%
• decision making 11%
• public 10%
• policy 9%
• economics 8%
• resource 8%

Agriculture & Biology

• Scotland 100%
• agricultural land 90%
• land use 89%
• ecosystem services 42%
• public services and goods 23%
• landscape management 18%
• land resources 18%
• farm income 16%
• natural resources conservation 15%
• Lens 13%
• decision making 13%
• woodlands 13%
• food production 13%
• managers 13%
• farming systems 10%
• planting 10%
• economics 8%
• farms 8%

Social Sciences

• land use 91%
• farm 24%
• management game 21%
• pilot project 13%
• public support 13%
• synergy 13%
• National Policy 12%
• conservation 11%
• driver 10%
• manager 9%
• food 9%
• demand 9%
• income 8%
• decision making 8%
• participation 6%
• resources 5%
• economics 5%