Agricultural Drought Monitoring System in Poland—Farmers’ Assessments vs. Monitoring Results (2021)

The aim of this study is to compare the farmers’ viewpoint on agricultural drought with results generated by national Agricultural Drought Monitoring System (ADMS) in 2021. authors attempted also indicate effective methods validating these results, which could serve as an objective tool appeal made available farmers a part administrative procedure or directly included monitoring system, which, apart from soil and meteorological conditions, would take into account actual condition crops field. An analysis comparing assessments ADMS was presented for all (27,580 parcels) claims compensation losses winter wheat submitted country. A detailed assessment impact yields carried out two pilot regions area most affected Poland (West Pomeranian Voivodeship, NUTS-2 PL42 region). paper demonstrates subjective incurred losses, performed themselves. difference between “potential drought”—resulting conditions—and are influenced agro-technical factors, indicated. grounds further development were need establish method estimating crops, will be based unambiguous criteria using high-resolution (temporal spatial) remote sensing data.