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Space applications in support of more efficient agricultural operations and optimised food processing in Europe will be in focus at the EO4AGRI workshop, to be held at the European GNSS Agency’s (GSA) Prague headquarters on 16-17 March.

EO4AGRI will be structured into four main panel discussions spread across the two days of the workshop. These discussion blocks will target stakeholders from the AgriFood industry, the financial and insurance sector and the agricultural public sector, along with food and nutrition security stakeholders. 

Leveraging EU investment

EO4AGRI aims to improve Europe’s agriculture monitoring capacity based on information derived from Copernicus Earth observation and the use of geospatial and socio-economic information services. With this goal in mind, EO4AGRI is working with farmers, farmer associations and the agro-food industry to develop specifications for data-driven farming services, with a view to leveraging the EU’s investments in Copernicus Data and Information Access Services (DIAS).

In particular, EO4AGRI helps with the implementation of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), particularly in light of the planned CAP2020 reform. The project also helps farmers meet the requirements of Paying Agencies, and supports them in implementing Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) processes. 

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Within the context of discussions on CAP at the workshop, the GSA will also present its EGNSS4CAP app. This is a mobile app for Android that digitises procedures for farmers in the EU, helping them to meet their reporting requirements under the current and reformed CAP. The GSA is also supporting the EC in its efforts to integrate the EGNSS4CAP app with the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients (FaST), which aims to facilitate a sustainable use of fertilisers while boosting the digitisation of the agricultural sector in the EU.

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The conclusions and recommendations from the workshop will help shape future data and services in Earth Observation and will feed into the evolution of the next generation of Copernicus Sentinel satellites.

Space applications in support of more efficient agricultural operations and optimised food processing in Europe will be in focus at the EO4AGRI workshop, to be held at the European GNSS Agency’s (GSA) Prague headquarters on 16-17 March.

EO4AGRI will be structured into four main panel discussions spread across the two days of the workshop. These discussion blocks will target stakeholders from the AgriFood industry, the financial and insurance sector and the agricultural public sector, along with food and nutrition security stakeholders. 

Leveraging EU investment

EO4AGRI aims to improve Europe’s agriculture monitoring capacity based on information derived from Copernicus Earth observation and the use of geospatial and socio-economic information services. With this goal in mind, EO4AGRI is working with farmers, farmer associations and the agro-food industry to develop specifications for data-driven farming services, with a view to leveraging the EU’s investments in Copernicus Data and Information Access Services (DIAS).

In particular, EO4AGRI helps with the implementation of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), particularly in light of the planned CAP2020 reform. The project also helps farmers meet the requirements of Paying Agencies, and supports them in implementing Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) processes. 

Read this: EGNSS and agriculture – a win-win relationship

Within the context of discussions on CAP at the workshop, the GSA will also present its EGNSS4CAP app. This is a mobile app for Android that digitises procedures for farmers in the EU, helping them to meet their reporting requirements under the current and reformed CAP. The GSA is also supporting the EC in its efforts to integrate the EGNSS4CAP app with the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients (FaST), which aims to facilitate a sustainable use of fertilisers while boosting the digitisation of the agricultural sector in the EU.

Watch this: Tractor Navigator. 2nd place winner at #MyGalileoApp Competition

The conclusions and recommendations from the workshop will help shape future data and services in Earth Observation and will feed into the evolution of the next generation of Copernicus Sentinel satellites.

Space applications in support of more efficient agricultural operations and optimised food processing in Europe will be in focus at the EO4AGRI workshop, to be held at the European GNSS Agency’s (GSA) Prague headquarters on 16-17 March.

EO4AGRI will be structured into four main panel discussions spread across the two days of the workshop. These discussion blocks will target stakeholders from the AgriFood industry, the financial and insurance sector and the agricultural public sector, along with food and nutrition security stakeholders. 

Leveraging EU investment

EO4AGRI aims to improve Europe’s agriculture monitoring capacity based on information derived from Copernicus Earth observation and the use of geospatial and socio-economic information services. With this goal in mind, EO4AGRI is working with farmers, farmer associations and the agro-food industry to develop specifications for data-driven farming services, with a view to leveraging the EU’s investments in Copernicus Data and Information Access Services (DIAS).

In particular, EO4AGRI helps with the implementation of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), particularly in light of the planned CAP2020 reform. The project also helps farmers meet the requirements of Paying Agencies, and supports them in implementing Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) processes. 

Read this: EGNSS and agriculture – a win-win relationship

Within the context of discussions on CAP at the workshop, the GSA will also present its EGNSS4CAP app. This is a mobile app for Android that digitises procedures for farmers in the EU, helping them to meet their reporting requirements under the current and reformed CAP. The GSA is also supporting the EC in its efforts to integrate the EGNSS4CAP app with the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients (FaST), which aims to facilitate a sustainable use of fertilisers while boosting the digitisation of the agricultural sector in the EU.

Watch this: Tractor Navigator. 2nd place winner at #MyGalileoApp Competition

The conclusions and recommendations from the workshop will help shape future data and services in Earth Observation and will feed into the evolution of the next generation of Copernicus Sentinel satellites.

Space applications in support of more efficient agricultural operations and optimised food processing in Europe will be in focus at the EO4AGRI workshop, to be held at the European GNSS Agency’s (GSA) Prague headquarters on 16-17 March.

EO4AGRI will be structured into four main panel discussions spread across the two days of the workshop. These discussion blocks will target stakeholders from the AgriFood industry, the financial and insurance sector and the agricultural public sector, along with food and nutrition security stakeholders. 

Leveraging EU investment

EO4AGRI aims to improve Europe’s agriculture monitoring capacity based on information derived from Copernicus Earth observation and the use of geospatial and socio-economic information services. With this goal in mind, EO4AGRI is working with farmers, farmer associations and the agro-food industry to develop specifications for data-driven farming services, with a view to leveraging the EU’s investments in Copernicus Data and Information Access Services (DIAS).

In particular, EO4AGRI helps with the implementation of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), particularly in light of the planned CAP2020 reform. The project also helps farmers meet the requirements of Paying Agencies, and supports them in implementing Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) processes. 

Read this: EGNSS and agriculture – a win-win relationship

Within the context of discussions on CAP at the workshop, the GSA will also present its EGNSS4CAP app. This is a mobile app for Android that digitises procedures for farmers in the EU, helping them to meet their reporting requirements under the current and reformed CAP. The GSA is also supporting the EC in its efforts to integrate the EGNSS4CAP app with the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients (FaST), which aims to facilitate a sustainable use of fertilisers while boosting the digitisation of the agricultural sector in the EU.

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The conclusions and recommendations from the workshop will help shape future data and services in Earth Observation and will feed into the evolution of the next generation of Copernicus Sentinel satellites.

The European GNSS Agency’s (GSA) has recently launched a call for proposals under its Fundamental Elements funding mechanism targeting the development of a shipborne dual-frequency multi-constellation (DFMC) receiver that leverages the differentiators of European GNSS (EGNOS and Galileo).

The call for proposals is split into two lots, the first of which targets the development and testing of an E1/E5a double-frequency shipborne multi-constellation receiver based on the Galileo Open Service. The receiver should be compliant with International Maritime Organization (IMO) resolution MSC.233 and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standard 61108-3.

The second lot in the call covers the preparation of guidelines for manufacturers for the implementation of SBAS DFMC open service and the development of firmware to process Galileo augmentation messages provided by the SBAS DFMC.

IMO standards

The IMO recognised Galileo as part of the world wide radio navigation system (WWRNS) in 2016, allowing for its use in merchant shipping. IMO resolutions MSC.401(95) and MSC.432 put in place performance standards for multi-system shipborne radio navigation receivers.

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These resolutions state that shipborne equipment should use at least two independent GNSS recognised by IMO as part of the WWRNS and should have the capacity to process augmentation data. This requirement can be fulfilled if the GNSS receiver tracks both Galileo and GPS and uses EGNOS for augmentation in dual frequency, providing differential corrections and integrity data.

In combination with the Open Service, Galileo will provide an authentication service for the navigation message (OS-NMA). Both the authentication of the navigation message and the integrity of the computed position will contribute to the concept of resilient PNT.

At a glance

More information

If you are interested in applying for this call, and would like more information, click here for a detailed overview of all the requirements. If, after reviewing the information, you still have questions related to the content of the call, you should address them to: gnss-grants@gsa.europa.eu, with the subject line "GSA/GRANT/02/2019 Shipborne double frequency multi-constellation receiver (E1/E5)".

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