Remote Sensing and the Common Agricultural Policy

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1 Remote Sensing and the Common Agricultural Policy Arie van der Greft European Commission DG Agriculture and Rural Development Unit D3, Implementation Support, and IACS

2 IACS

3 Why IACS? The Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) is the main administration tool for managing of farmers' applications. Objectives: to support the farmer when lodging the aid application, to facilitate the administration to avoid errors to ensure that payment of support under the CAP is carried out correctly, to prevent and deal with irregularities, and to recover amounts unduly paid. IACS is a delivery process from the application to the payment of aid!

4 What is IACS? The Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) covers 4 basic processes: 1. lodging of an aid application 2. administrative checks 3. on-the-spot checks 4. payment & penalties Key element of the system is the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS)!

5 Its importance and extent CAP & geo data: some figures CAP Budget governed by IACS: 41 billion under pillar 1 (per year) 41 billion under pillar 2 (over 7 years) Number of LPIS: 44 Number of reference parcels: > 70 million Number of agriculture parcels: Far beyond the 70 million Number of beneficiaries Number of ha : > 7.2 million > 150 million 5

6 The LPIS: purpose and functions Key element: the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) overall purpose contribute to management and control of the area-related DP schemes and RD measures facilitating administrative crosschecks to detect over- and double declaration 2 explicit LPIS functions the unambiguous localisation of all declared agricultural parcels by farmers and inspectors the quantification of all eligible area per reference parcel

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8 GSAA IACS = Integrated Administration and Control Sytem LPIS = Land Parcel Identification System GSAA = Geo-spatial 'on-line' aid application RS = Remote Sensing How does IACS work? Preestablished information based on maps or other cartographic references LPIS reference geo-database of all agricultural land Preliminary checks cross-check with the LPIS Classical field visit GPS measurement Visual check Control with RS Photo-interpretation Rapid Field Visit 1. aid applications & payment claims 2. admin. checks 3. on-thespot checks 4. penalties & payments farmer's declaration

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10 Sketching the context The future CAP focusses on implementation in 2021» 7 July stakeholders conference in Brussels» Communication and legislative proposals» Performance, Sustainability, Climate Change Encouraging the use of technologies NOW!!!» It is more effective and more efficient» To pave the way for the future CAP Ideas for the current IACS

11 Some experiences Geo-spatial aid application > a succes!!» Towards a preventative implementation (re-use of data / preliminary checks) LPIS and LPIS QA > contributes to lowering the error rate» ECA special report '' a useful tool ''

12 Looking forward Maintain and improve the GSAA, LPIS and remote sensing Integration of other technologies» Sentinels data» Drones, smart phone apps, geotagged photos Propose policy which can be easily controlled by using technologies (simplification)

13 Possible way forward Land Parcel Identification System plus Geo-spatial aid application Copernicus program (Sentinels data) Size of the land => From measuring to confirming Activities on the land => through monitoring Introduction of a two tier approach in IACS towards a claimless system Less on-the-spot checks No multiple visits More compliance Performance based

14 Either MS continue with the current IACS approach Or MS apply the monitoring approach 14

15 Summary The CAP has a huge impact on geo data 7.2 million farmer declaring online 150 million ha geo-spatially 44 LPIS containing > 70 million reference parcels GSAA and EFA-layer has been introduced Introducing monitoring! Copernicus Other technologies (geotagged photos, drones, smartphone apps etc..) 15

16 Wrap-up CAP and remote sensing are strongly linked Remote sensing offers huge opportunities for the future CAP Sound financial management Increasing the performance of the CAP Simplifying the live of farmers and administrations 16

17 Thanks for listening