Henk Janssen
Expert Agri
Subsidy compliance. Seen from above.
Every agricultural parcel. Every season. Every claim, verified. Terramira’s Area Monitoring System turns satellite data into reliable decisions for Paying Agencies across the EU. Fast. Scalable. Fully integrated.
Monitoring at scale is hard. Mistakes are costly.
EU regulations require Paying Agencies to verify subsidy claims on agricultural parcels, across thousands of hectares, for millions of farmers, every season.
Traditional on-the-spot inspections can’t keep up. They’re slow, expensive, and impossible to scale. Meanwhile, non-compliance risks EU budget and puts your agency’s credibility on the line.
The consequence of doing nothing? Non-compliance grows. Costs rise. And incorrect payments slip through.
There is a better way.
Continuous monitoring. Actionable decisions.
Terramira’s AMS gives you parcel-level intelligence, delivered in near real time, so you can verify compliance throughout the season, not just at the end of it.
Less inspection. More insight. Zero guesswork.
From satellite to decision.
AMS monitors all agricultural parcels continuously using Copernicus satellite data (Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2), combined with commercial imagery where needed.
Here’s how the process works:
Satellite imagery is acquired and cleaned across all target parcels.
Relevant signals and indices are calculated at parcel level (e.g. NDVI, land cover, activity markers)
Algorithms detect crop type, farming activities, and land use changes throughout the season.
Nationwide analytics are delivered near real time via API, datasets, or Terramira's platform.
Your team receives decision-ready information directly into your existing workflow.
What changes when you use AMS
Lower operational costs
Process optimisation across the full claims workflow.
Full audit trail
Every signal, every decision: traceable, reproducible, justified.
Scalable by design
From one region to an entire country. AMS scales with your mandate.
Trusted. Delivered. Proven.
Terramira works directly on the workfloor with Paying Agencies, not just as a supplier, but as a sparring partner.
We have active collaboration with RVO (Netherlands) and DAFM (Ireland), delivering operational AMS services at national scale. Our clients rely on us because we deliver on time, at the reliability they need.
Scalability is not a promise. It’s what we do.
Built for Paying Agencies across the EU
National Paying Agencies
Nationwide CAP compliance monitoring at parcel level
Regional Agricultural Authorities
Activity verification for grassland, arable, and mixed farming
Audit & Oversight Bodies
Independent data layer for compliance reviews and appeals
Cross-border monitoring programmes
EU-wide data consistency and standardised reporting
Frequently asked questions
The full processing chain, from data acquisition to delivery — takes less than one week, depending on your integration setup.
Yes. Integration ranges from a back-office data feed to full on-premises implementation of AMS services. We adapt to your infrastructure.
Both. Terramira uses standardised, proven tooling, but every deployment is configured to your specific national context, crop calendars, and regulatory requirements.
We work primarily with Copernicus Sentinel-1 (radar) and Sentinel-2 (optical), supplemented with commercial imagery where resolution or cloud cover requires it.
Yes. One of the key shifts in CAP is moving from punitive control to preventive monitoring. AMS enables early-warning notifications to farmers and agencies before the end of the season.
Every step of our processing chain is built with audit trail and QA as a core design principle: traceable, reproducible, justifiable.
from above.
Let’s discover what AMS can do for you.
Henk Janssen
Expert Agri
