20250227 14341600 1.0 TRUE Protected Agricultural Areas <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>The Protected Agricultural Areas (Source: DALRRD, 2023) is defined as a</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>cartographic delineated area of agricultural land, preserved for purposes of ensuring high value agricultural land is protected against non- agricultural land uses in order to promote long-term agricultural production and food security.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>PAAs are therefore regarded as large, relative homogeneous portions of high value agricultural land that has the potential to sustainably, in the long-term, contribute significantly to the production of food.</SPAN></P></DIV>