Geomatics in support of the common agricultural policy

The 17th Annual Conference GEOCAP, took place from 23 to 25 November, in Tallinn, venue Meriton Hotel, and was organized by JRC MARS with the support of Estonian Ministry of Agriculture and of the Estonian Paying Agency (PRIA). The Conference covered the 2011 Control with Remote Sensing (CwRS) campaign activities in the frame of CAP (common agricultural policy) controls for area-based subsidies. As usual, the Conference has offered an overview on the state of art technologies and methods applied to the above mentioned controls. Registered participants were 301, but 270 turned up. The composition of the audience was Commission Services, industry (image providers and software providers), Member States administrations (Ministries of Agriculture, Paying Agencies and academia). Participants came from all MSs, plus Croatia, Turkey, FYROM, Iceland, Switzerland and Norway.