Satellite Monitoring for Subsidy Compliance: A Review of Parcel-Level Checks and Farmer Appeals

Abstract

There is real interest in satellite monitoring for subsidy compliance right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it delivers
the most value. We pull together the current evidence for satellite monitoring for subsidy compliance, covering the
methodological, practical, governance and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where farms and
advisors are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence
gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.