Agricultural statistics: application of remote sensing during the period 1994-1998

The Council decision aimed to prolong the pilot project concerning the application of remote sensing to agricultural statistics for a period of five years from 1 January 1994. The application of remote sensing to agricultural statistics aimed to: - facilitate the use of remote sensing by interested Member States with a view to improving their agricultural statistics systems; - provide estimates, before harvest, of acreages and potential production of the main crops at European and, if possible, national level. The actions were grouped into: - operational activities: regional inventories and European rapid estimates; - activities for development: integrated system, monitoring and prediction of harvests outside the Community, application of new methods or sensors. The total budget for this new phase (1994-1998) amounted to ECU 15.7 million. �