Henk Janssen
Expert Agri
Trust your monitoring. Prove your compliance.
Validate the quality of your Area Monitoring System with confidence. From technical performance to audit-ready assurance.
Automated monitoring changes the rules of control.
The Area Monitoring System (AMS) is transforming agricultural subsidy controls under the EU Common Agricultural Policy.
Instead of relying mainly on field inspections, Paying Agencies increasingly use satellite-based monitoring to assess crops, land use and agricultural activities.
But this shift creates a new challenge:
Decisions are now based on automated analysis.
And automated systems must be proven reliable.
Without structured quality assessment:
- AMS results are difficult to defend in audits
- Outcomes may vary across years and regions
- Compliance with EU requirements becomes harder to demonstrate
- Financial corrections and audit risks increase
To fully transition from field-based checks to system-based controls, Paying Agencies need transparent and defensible validation processes.
From automated monitoring to operational trust.
Terramira helps Paying Agencies validate and prove the quality of their AMS.
Not just technical accuracy.
But audit-ready confidence.
Transparent.
Repeatable.
Compliant.
Validate. Measure. Demonstrate.
We provide a complete framework for AMS quality assessment aligned with European Commission requirements.
We analyse the existing AMS and LPIS environment and define the operational context.
We create statistically sound sampling and validation approaches tailored to national conditions.
We combine multiple independent sources such as:
- Field observations
- Farmer data
- High-resolution imagery
We integrate processing pipelines and automated quality calculations into existing systems.
We generate accuracy metrics and evaluate strengths, weaknesses and risks.
We provide clear documentation and reporting aligned with EU expectations.
We support knowledge transfer, repeatability and annual scaling.
Build confidence in automated controls.
Create consistent results
Ensure comparability across years and regions.
Reduce operational burden
Automate validation workflows and reporting.
Support long-term scalability
Embed quality assessment into annual AMS operations.
Built for operational and regulatory reality.
The solution combines:
- Harmonised methodologies
- Independent validation datasets
- Automated workflows
All outputs are:
- Fully traceable
- Consistently documented
- Audit-ready
- Aligned with European Commission guidance
For agricultural monitoring and compliance
Paying Agencies
Validate AMS performance and compliance
Government agencies
Assess and improve automated monitoring systems
CAP implementation programs
Support scalable and reliable subsidy control workflows
Frequently asked questions
It is the process of validating and measuring the reliability of an Area Monitoring System used for agricultural subsidy controls.
Because automated monitoring results must be defensible, transparent and compliant with EU requirements.
Validation can include field observations, farmer data and high-resolution imagery.
Yes. The framework is designed to integrate with existing operational environments.
Yes. The solution delivers traceable, audit-ready documentation and reporting.
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Henk Janssen
Expert Agri
