Objectives
Public administrations responsible for the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) need to monitor farmers’ compliance to standards (cross compliance). Monitoring is performed by in-field visits and through remote sensing. Due to the high complexity and diversity of the obligations that need to be monitored, both methods have limitations, and entail a high cost for public administrations.
Objectives
Public administrations responsible for the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) need to monitor farmers’ compliance to standards (cross compliance). Monitoring is performed by in-field visits and through remote sensing. Due to the high complexity and diversity of the obligations that need to be monitored, both methods have limitations, and entail a high cost for public administrations.
Activities
Project Management
Users’ needs analysis & co-production of services
Service integration and customisation
Deployment and operation
Dissemination & Exploitation
Additional information
Public administrations responsible for the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) need to monitor farmers’ compliance to standards. Monitoring is performed by in-field visits and through remote sensing. Due to the high complexity and diversity of the obligations that need to be monitored, both methods have limitations, and entail a high cost for public administrations.
RECAP proposes a methodology for improving the efficiency and transparency of the compliance monitoring procedure through a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform which will make use of large volumes of publicly available data provided by satellite remote sensing, and user-generated data provided by farmers through mobile devices (geo-referenced and time-stamped photos).
The RECAP platform will extract useful features from Earth Observation open data, correlate them with user-generated and geo-information data available to public organisations, and model this information for enabling the identification of potential breaches of compliance by public authorities and inspectors.
RECAP will offer farmers a tool supporting them to comply with regulations imposed by the CAP, providing personalised information for simplifying the interpretation of complex regulations, and early alerts on potential breaches.
RECAP will allow agricultural consultants and developers to create add-ons to the main application that extend its functionality and exploit the data collected through an Application Programming Interface (API), and a Software Development Kit (SDK). Consultants will be able to access data available in the platform, subject to security and privacy policies, and to develop their own services within the platform using design tools, libraries, and communication with the database under an open approach.
The RECAP services will be tested and validated in an operational environment in 5 countries with the participation of public authorities, farmers, and agricultural consultants.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Project acronym
- RECAP
- Agricultural sectors
- Crops (generic)
1 Practice Abstracts
The RECAP platform will enable the identification of potential breaches of compliance by public authorities and inspectors. RECAP will offer farmers a tool supporting them to comply with regulations imposed by the CAP, providing personalised information for simplifying the interpretation of complex regulations, and early alerts on potential breaches. RECAP will allow agricultural consultants and developers to create add-ons to the main application that extend its functionality and exploit the data collected through an Application Programming Interface (API), and a Software Development Kit (SDK). Consultants will be able to access data available in the platform, subject to security and privacy policies, and to develop their own services within the platform using design tools, libraries, and communication with the database under an open approach.
Contacts
Ioanna ANTONOPOULOU
recap@etam.gr
Project coordinator
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DRAXIS Environmental SA
Project coordinator
Project partners
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Draxis Environmental S.A.
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Instituto Navarro de Technologias e Infraestructuras Agroalimentarias SA
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Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aid
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National Paying Agency
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Viesoji Istaiga Lietuvos Zemes Ukio Konsultavimo Tarnyba
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Strutt & Parker LLP
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Inosens Doo Novi Sad
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University of Reading
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National Observatory of Athens
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Iniciativas Innovadoras Sal
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ETAM S.A.
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CREVIS SPRL
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