Smarter agriculture starts now – OASIS project launched in Latvia and Lithuania

"OASIS will provide significant benefits, such as reducing costs, reducing bureaucratic burdens, increasing the accuracy of monitoring in agriculture and improving the availability of support for farmers in border regions. The use of artificial intelligence and earth observation technologies - more accurate satellite images that will be available to farmers and other interested parties - will pave the way for smarter and more sustainable services in agriculture in the Baltic region," the project coordination team states.

As digital innovations are increasingly being implemented in the agricultural sector, OASIS will also contribute to addressing one of the region’s biggest obstacles – outdated and fragmented geospatial data. The project will implement a next-generation monitoring solution that will allow paying agencies in Lithuania and Latvia to carry out area controls without relying solely on traditional and resource-intensive field inspections.

The solutions will be tested and implemented in the Interreg project “Optimizing Access to Services through Integrated EO and AI Solutions for Innovative Societies”.

The project aims to help farmers in the Latvian-Lithuanian border regions apply for area payments. By improving the accuracy of the agricultural monitoring and control system, OASIS aims to reduce penalties, the number of field inspections and costs, ensuring fairer and more effective support for farmers.

The main result of the project will be an artificial intelligence tool integrated into the platforms of national paying agencies. This tool will produce satellite images to replace on-the-spot checks and use standardised common data.

This tool will allow for a faster and more accurate assessment of agricultural land use and its compliance with the requirements of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for receiving support.

The OASIS project will improve the way public authorities use data in their work. The satellite images developed in the project will be accurate and up-to-date data about the countryside. The satellite images will be made public and will be available to farmers, municipalities, researchers and other interested parties. The datasets will be publicly available for free access.

It is expected that more than 90,000 farmers from the border regions of Lithuania and Latvia will benefit from the project results, as the administrative burden will be significantly reduced - more accurate data on fields, a more accurate opportunity to apply for various types of support for areas.

The OASIS kick-off meeting took place on 28 April 2025 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The project involves two accredited national paying agencies – the National Paying Agency (NPA) in Lithuania and the Rural Support Service (RSS) in Latvia. Both institutions are the only institutions in Lithuania and Latvia that administer EU support for agriculture and rural development, as well as develop and maintain the necessary IT systems. Over the next two years, the project partners will organise events for stakeholders, test the AI tool and train agency staff on new technologies.

Briefly about the project (Interreg VI-A Latvia–Lithuania Program 2021–2027)

Short description:

OASIS will develop an integrated satellite monitoring solution that will improve agricultural controls on farms applying for area payments. Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and artificial intelligence will be used to ensure accurate monitoring, without relying solely on physical inspections on the ground. The satellite imagery will be made public and accessible to farmers, municipalities, researchers and other interested parties.

Start date: March 1, 2025

Duration: 24 months

Total cost: 311,850 euros

EC contribution (ERDF): €249,480

Coordinator: National Payment Agency in Lithuania

Partner: Rural Support Service in Latvia

For more information:

Contact the project coordinator: info@nma.lt (Lithuania) or project partners press@lad.gov.lv (Latvia).

Information about the project can be viewed Visit the website: Optimizing service availability using integrated Earth observation and artificial intelligence solutions for the development of innovative solutions. Latvian-Lithuanian program.

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