Pyle, Kurt E., "How Successful has Kings County been in Protecting Agricultual Land?"

The loss of agricultural land has been the subject of public concern in Canada since the 1950s. In Nova Scotia, there are no provincial agricultural land use policies for protecting agricultural land. However, the province does affect municipal land use policies directly or indirectly through various provincial legislation, programs, and regulations. At the municipal government level, two municipal units, ie. , Upper Falmouth and Kings County have implemented agricultural land use policies to protect agricultural land. Kings County is one of the main agricultural areas within Nova Scotia, because of its prime agricultural land as well as a strong and viable agricultural industry.

Agricultural land use policies attempt to protect agricultural land by prohibiting the conversion of agricultural land to non -agricultural uses and reducing the potential for land use conflicts. In Kings County, agricultural land use policies attempt to limit development opportunities in agricultural areas and concentrate nonagricultural development in growth centres. Since the implementation of agricultural land use policies in Kings County, the amount of agricultural land has continued to decline but at a slower rate. The agricultural land use policies in Kings County are examined to determine the success of the policies in preventing the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural uses and reducing the potential for land use conflicts.

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