00:01More and more farmers are relying on satellite images to optimize their work.
00:07But in Northern Europe cloud cover often makes them unusable.
00:11A Polish company has found a way to see through the clouds thanks to the synthetic aperture radar technique.
00:19It is a technology that uses their own mikrofale.
00:25They send them to the earth, they move from the surface to the surface and return to the satellite.
00:32This technology can be operated in the night and in the night.
00:36It can penetrate the smoke, the smoke, in other words to the optical light,
00:42where the smoke is a big problem.
00:49By combining technology with agronomic expertise, Vazat has developed Fertisat,
00:55a digital platform that provides farmers with fertilization recommendations and maps.
01:02For the manager of this winter rape field, Fertisat has become a working tool.
01:08For us it is important to adjust the fertilization level to the needs or to the potential of the crops.
01:14We are thinking about better distribution of fertilizer within the field in order to get the better yields.
01:22And the second thing is that we avoid over fertilization in the places that this fertilizer cannot be used effectively.
01:31And in that way we can protect the environment from the leaching of nitrogen to the deep layers of the soil.
01:38In addition to environmental benefits, Fertisat also brings economic advantages according to Procam,
01:44one of the leading agricultural consulting and distribution companies in Poland.
01:50In addition to the development of the last few seasons,
02:00it allows us to reduce the use of the smoke,
02:05about 10-15% in the scale of one season,
02:10which is perfectly dependent on these huge risks.
02:15The total budget for Fertisat's radar service was 778,800 euro.
02:22Almost 80% was financed by the European Union's cohesion policy.
02:27Vazat received the RegioStars award celebrating excellence in EU-funded projects.
02:33Building on its success in Poland,
02:36Vazat now aims to expand Fertisat throughout Europe.
02:41For the EU, it means increased profitability of agricultural sector,
02:47improved environmental conditions and also food security is increased.
02:54For the EU, it is more than September 5000,
03:17at least at least the last year our status is removing problems.
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