The Monitoring Agricultural ResourceS (MARS) Unit Mission
We provide scientific and technical support on EU Agriculture and Food Security policies.
- In Europe, the Unit addresses key issues related to the management and control of the Common Agriculture Policy: Independent crop yield forecasts, agricultural insurances, standard control methods of area based subsidies, compliance with environment, and effect of climate change. It supports EU projects related to Land Administration, the enlargement process, and the GMES Space Component.
- In developing countries, assistance is given to the EU Food Security Thematic Program with special emphasis on Africa, and to providing building blocks for an European capacity for Global Agriculture Monitoring.
The activities of the Unit are based on expertise in agro- meteorological crop modelling, sampling methods, econometric, geomatics (GIS, GPS and ICT), and satellite & airborne remote-sensing (the Unit manages the EC Framework Contracts for the provision of Satellite Remote Sensing data and manages the access/dissemination of EU image data archives).
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In Focus
JRC Reference Report: Risk Management and Agricultural Insurance Schemes in Europe
Job Opportunities
Grant Holder position open in GeoCAP Action
A senior scientist is required for Geo-data modelling and researches for the GeoCAP Action
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Latest News & Events
WikiCAP now available to everyone for reading
We are pleased to announce that our WikiCAP platform is now available to everybody for reading.
You can find it at http://marswiki.jrc.ec.europa.eu/wikicap/index.php/Main_Page.
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2009 GAEC workshop: GAEC implementation after the Health Check adjustment
This year the workshop has been organised jointly by the Irish Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (DAFF) and the MARS Unit of the JRC. It was dedicated to the changes of the GAEC after the Health Check.
LPIS 2009 Workshop, Tallinn, October 6th-8th
The Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC), MARS unit of the Joint Research Centre and the Estonian Agricultural Registers and Information Board (ARIB) are pleased to announce the workshop "LPIS applications and quality" which will take place on the 6th-8th...
15th GeoCAP Conference - Taormina ITALY 18-20 November 2009
The 2009 GeoCAP annual conference - the fifteen of the series - is jointly organized by the GeoCAP Action of the MARS Unit and the Italian Agenzia per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura (AGEA).
The conference, entitled “Geomatics in support of the CAP”, will take place from 18 to 20 November...
Latest Bulletins & Publications
Bulletin crop monitoring in North Korea
Generally favorable agro-ecological conditions for maize and rice, but some limitations for maize in the North Eastern regions
According to the vegetation index, in general the whole country shows a near normal greenness situation at the end of the crop season and no major agro...
Bulletin DPRK October 2009.pdf 1.01 MB
MARS Bulletin Europe - Agrometeorological bulletin - 10 11 2009 Vol. 17 No. 6
Variability in climate and yields across the EU resulted in average production levels
AM_2009_17_06.pdf 7.53 MB
MARS yield bulletin Vol. 08/2009 for South America released
This bulletin is the 4th covering the ongoing austral winter cropping season (April to November). The most striking feature of this growing season is the persistent drought heavily affecting Argentina contrasted by the very good growing conditions in Brazil. This very particular weather situa...
MARS Bulletin Europe - Climatic update - 13 10 2009 Vol. CU2009 No.9
Slight warmer conditions. Positive rain in southern Italy and Maghreb, still dry in Po Valley, France and Hungary (maize areas). Autumn weather is coming but still dry in Mediterranean.
CU_2009_09.pdf 1.34 MB
MARS Bulletin Europe - Forecast Update - 13 10 2009 Vol. FU2009 No. 3
Confirmed average year for total cereals production. Drought impacts the Hungarian maize forecast.
FU_2009_03.pdf 829.92 kB
