Case Study: the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reduces inconclusive parcel checks with Planet Fusion

Resolving Inconclusive Parcels in Slovenia with Planet Fusion

The Slovenian National Paying Agency (ARSKTRP), which administers the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), faced a significant challenge in monitoring agricultural activity for subsidy verification. Nearly a quarter of the country's small and narrow parcels could not be reliably assessed using standard Sentinel satellite data due to resolution and cloud cover limitations, creating a large administrative burden of inconclusive cases. To address this, ARSKTRP worked with vendor Planet and their service provider Sinergise.

Planet’s Fusion data product provided a high-resolution, analysis-ready solution that was harmonized with Sentinel-2. This integration allowed the agency’s existing machine learning models to analyze previously inconclusive parcels. The results were substantial: Planet Fusion helped reduce inconclusive parcels by 73%, from 246,000 to 66,000, leading to direct cost savings of over €1 million in reduced manual follow-up activities and an additional €70,000 in saved field visits.

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

Lea Remic

Head of the Department for Geo-Spatial Applications