Helping European agriculture flourish
The agricultural industry encompasses a multitude of professionals, such as farmers, grain storage suppliers, buyers, seed wholesalers, and government officials, who face unpredictable - yet decisive - problems, including inclement weather conditions and market fluctuations, on a day-to-day basis. As a result, all these hardships make it difficult to plan ahead and devise projections in agribusiness. A potential means of alleviating the often dire consequences of these uncertainties lies in the CAMPOS (Cereal Accumulation Model Progressively Optimised by Satellite) agrometeorological model that makes reliable, timely and objective predictions of the expected cereal yields. In essence, this system could potentially assist European farmers and industry professionals to adapt and respond to crises in a more effective way. CAMPOS is a system that draws on a variety of data sources to make the final predictions. It not only relies on weather data that simulates the growth and development of cereal crops, it is also founded on a time series of high-resolution satellite images as well as on crop growth models. The advantages in utilising this system are reliable and precise predictions, as well as robustness and transportability. All these features mean that the system can be efficiently and effectively used throughout Europe, which could bring benefits to agricultural industries in many regions. In essence, CAMPOS could help a vast array of European professionals, including farmers and agribusinesses as well as regulatory or government officials who need to create suitable policies and funding schemes, and respond to industry needs. In fact, CAMPOS could help improve European agricultural activities in general.
