Concerning the delimitation of areas affected by specific handicaps which can be considered as less-favoured areas ... the following criteria have been used: ... in Porto Santo, soil salinity, very low rainfall (less than 380 mm per year), lack of water reserves which together with the broken relief leads to soil erosion problems; on the mainland calcareous soils associated with very rocky outcrops.
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