Mobile Application Facilitating Agricultural Monitoring

Mobile technology is rapidly advancing and has already applications in various sectors, including agriculture. The use of such technology brings numerous benefits to this specific sector, ranging from increased productivity to better decision-making concerning agricultural activities. In Europe, activities of this kind are monitored by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which concerns, in particular, the aspects of farming, environmental protection, and food security. According to CAP, farmers are obliged to comply with certain requirements when carrying out their agriculture activities in order to increase operational efficiency and to prevent any irregularities that may occur. However, compliance with CAP is quite challenging and requires a lot of time due to the high numbers of farmers and, at the same time, the small numbers of inspectors. The mobile application presented in this paper aims to increase the operational efficiency of CAP monitoring by making it a less time- and resource- consuming procedure.