Land Applications Scientist Science, Applications, and Climate Department ESA - European Space Agency ESRIN, Frascati, Italy zoltan.szantoi@esa.int, +39 06 941 80330, www.esa.int
Project lead Gisat provides a wide range of geoinformation services based on Earth Observation technology. It focuses on the operational application of satellite mapping to monitor various aspects of our environment and the development of dedicated web-based platforms for geoinformation analysis and assessment.
Wageningen Environmental Research is a leading research institute for our green living environment. It offers a combination of practical, innovative, and interdisciplinary scientific research across many disciplines related to the green world around us and the sustainable use of our living environment.
Solenix is an international group providing software engineering and consulting services, as well as software products for the space market. Solenix is bringing new technologies and concepts to the well-established institutional aerospace market.
CleverFarm is a young team from the AgTech environment awarded to be among the top 10 startups in CEE in 2021 by Vestbee. CleverFarm brings intelligent solutions and innovations to agriculture to make farming sustainable, economically efficient, and automated.
Early adopters
Paying Agencies
Czechia
The State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SAIF) is an accredited Paying Agency that acts as an intermediary responsible for the administration of financial subsidies allocated from the EU funds and Czech national resources. Under the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, EU subsidies are provided by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the European Fisheries Fund (EFF), and the EAFRD-funded Rural Development Programme (RDP). SAIF controls and authorizes aid applications submitted within all these programs.
Spain (Castilla y León)
The Agricultural Technological Institute of Castile and León is an accredited Paying Agency, which is a part of the Castile and León Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development. It is in charge of designing and running all the processes related to the Check by Monitoring based on the GIS and EO-related information.
Sweden
The Swedish Board of Agriculture is an accredited Paying Agency and Sweden’s expert authority in the areas of agriculture, fishery, and rural areas. Its goal is to produce food sustainably and profitably, they also contribute to good animal welfare throughout the country.
Netherlands
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) is an accredited Paying Agency in the Netherlands. It is an executive body of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. It helps to run businesses, access the right expertise, and comply with legislation and regulations.
Farmers
Farmers represent another key community benefiting from the monitoring of agricultural practices demonstrated in the project. Activities that have attracted significant interest include managing crop water demand and estimating carbon stock, both of which were carried out on selected farms in Czechia.