Agricultural tenancy data collection for Scotland: methodology report

Appendix F: List of reviewed sources

The following documents were reviewed as part of the literature review conducted during the Discovery phase:

CAAV, Agricultural Land Occupation Survey

The Crofting Commission, Crofting-related information

Development Research Group, The World Bank, Improving the Availability, Quality and Policy-Relevance of Agricultural Data: The Living Standards Measurement Study – Integrated Surveys on Agriculture

European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism, Support for Crofting

European Review of Agricultural Economics, Better data, higher impact: improving agricultural data systems for societal change

Farm Advisory Service, Rural Aid Schemes

James Hutton Institute, Research study to assess to what extent data from the Single Application Form could be used to meet the statistical requirements of the June Agricultural Census

James Hutton Institute, Review of land ownership data in Scotland

Journal of Official Statistics, From Start to Pilot: A Multi-Method Approach to the Comprehensive Redesign of an Economic Survey Questionnaire

Journal of Rural Studies, Should we use email for farm surveys? A comparative study of email and postal survey response rate and non-response bias

Review of Agricultural Economics, Surveying Farmers: A Case Study

Rural Payments and Services division of the Scottish Government, SAF Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) Notes for Guidance

Scottish Government, A Customer Guide to Online SAF Submission

Scottish Government, June Agricultural Census: Form, Guidance, Privacy Notice

Scottish Government, Results from the Scottish Agricultural Census: June 2023 Methodology Report

Scottish Government, Results from the Scottish Agricultural Census: June 2024

Scottish Government, Scottish Agricultural Tenure Evidence Review

Scottish Land Commission discussion paper, Encouraging agricultural land lettings in Scotland for the 21st century

Society and Natural Resources, An Examination of Best Practices for Survey Research with Agricultural Producers

World Bank Group (Policy Research Working Paper), From Tragedy to Renaissance: Improving Agricultural Data for Better Policies

International Agricultural Surveys

Canada, Census of Agriculture

England, June Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture [Not publicly available]

New Zealand, Agricultural Production Census

United States, Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land

Wales, Agricultural and Horticultural Survey