2022•3 min read.css-1ht3mas{margin-block:40px;}.css-1abu0ph{text-align:right;font-size:12px;font-weight:var(--chakra-font-weights-bold);margin-top:0.5em;}Small farms in Odranci
Originally created in 1962, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a cornerstone of the European Union (EU) which consists of a system of subsidies designed to support the European agricultural sector. The CAP makes up 33% of the total EU budget - the largest share - with <a target="" href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/106/financing-of-the-cap">€58 billion</a> allocated towards it in 2021
The policy looks to strengthen the EU agricultural economy and improve productivity across 174 million agricultural hectares
the CAP has been working on an ongoing modernizing and greening process
aligning with the EU Green Deal to help tackle climate change by supporting sustainable management practices and adopting digital technologies and remote sensing solutions to support monitoring
National authorities responsible for implementing this transformation in EU Member States have initially relied on Sentinel-2 data for farm Checks by Monitoring procedures
a process to check farmers’ fulfillment of the requirements set forth for area-based payments
the resolution and cadence of data from Sentinel-2 poses limitations for monitoring smaller fields and narrow parcels
which account for 5-10% of CAP-eligible hectares
cloud cover frequently obscures timely observation of some key agricultural events
it is impossible for 100% of all declared land parcels to be properly analyzed
causing national authorities in Europe to face administrative challenges
To support these organizations’ work within the CAP, Planet has brought our <a target="" href="https://www.planet.com/pulse/planet-announces-powerful-new-products-at-planet-explore-2020">Fusion</a> product to the market in an early release
Fusion distills observations from multiple satellites
including both our PlanetScope constellation and Sentinel-2
Fusion Monitoring is radiometrically consistent and offers clean data (i.e
free from clouds and shadows) which is ideal for such time series analyses and machine learning pipelines
This integrated data stream complements Sentinel data and helps reveal and monitor smaller land parcels within the CAP
These unparalleled capabilities offer insights and analysis-ready data to national paying agencies and their CAP partners
Planet Fusion’s 3 meter resolution makes small parcel monitoring possible on a daily cadence
Imagery captured by Sentinel-2 and Planet outside of Odranci
In the 2021 growing season, Planet is proud to have partnered with <a target="" href="https://www.sinergise.com/">Sinergise</a>, a geospatial information provider based in Slovenia, to deliver a powerful end-to-end solution for the Slovenian National Paying Agency (<a target="" href="https://www.gov.si/en/state-authorities/bodies-within-ministries/agency-for-agricultural-markets-and-rural-development/">ARSKTRP</a>)
Due to the complex and small size of the average land parcel in Slovenia
nearly a quarter of the land parcels were too narrow to be evaluated by Sentinel-2 data streams
Sentinel’s resolution proved insufficient for detecting farming activity on permanent grasslands and extensive orchards
cloud cover often obscured the timely observation of events like mowing
Join Planet and our trusted partner Sinergise for a live joint webinar on Feb 17th to learn how the Slovenian National Paying Agency has benefited from using Fusion. <a target="" href="https://learn.planet.com/cap-area-monitoring-system-webinar-registration.html">Register here.</a>
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