The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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Crop-type map of the Netherlands based on a time series of 2017 data during the growing season from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 missions. This kind of information is now being used in the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy to help monitor crop diversification. This is where, in order to be eligible for CAP payments, farmers have to grow a variety of crops, depending on the size of their farm.
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