crofting

(ˈkrɒftɪŋ)

(Agriculture) Brit the system or occupation of working land in crofts

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Translations

crofting

[ˈkrɒftɪŋ] (Scot)

A. N → minifundismo m, agricultura f en pequeña escala

B. CPD [community] → de granjas pequeñas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

crofting

(esp Scot)

n Bewirtschaftung von kleinen Pachtgrundstücken

adj attr community → von Kleinpächtern

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

Crofting's importance to the livestock sector, to food production, to High Nature Value areas and to rural population retention is widely appreciated.

PATRICK KRAUSE

Crofting couple Lynn and Sandra face the danger of a drought, while buffalo farmer Stevie's herd go for a cooling dip in the loch.

THURSDAY; 1 August 2019

It had been said that the spread of bracken was the result of an absence of cattle on the hills and the decline in crofting, he added.

How to fight the enemy of the hills; Talks on controlling bracken'foe'

"At a time when political noise drowns out practical need, those farming and crofting Scotland's more disadvantaged land need certainty and support.

Union calls for Holyrood to plug the funding gap for farmers

But these mostly crofting communities are the low-lying fruit of land reform.

Groundshift on big landowners has to speed up

He said: "The idea that the UK Government want to steal back powers over things like crofting at a time when it has handed over responsibility for most of income tax and a huge chunk of welfare is just ridiculous.

MP Sturgeon's Westminster power grab claim is out of line

The only aspect of the rural services budget to increase is funding to the Crofting Commission, which has risen by PS400,000 to PS2.9m.

Warning over rural funding cuts plan

Long-serving manager Sheila MacCormick is from a local crofting family and is a mine of tourist information.

HOTEL of the week

It will be recited during Burns Night celebrations in the writer's hometown of Aultgrishan, a tiny crofting community, tomorrow.

Haggis goes down a bomb at Brum's airport security

The west of Ireland and crofting areas of the Hebrides are their closest stronghold but they also breed throughout eastern Europe into central Asia.

bird notes