Brussels, 10/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - Following the favourable opinion of the Member States' experts on the Special Agriculture Committee on Monday, the EU Council of Ministers will shortly be approving a decision to extend for four years (2004-2007) two scientific projects looking at farming statistics, namely MARS (Monitoring Agriculture with Remote Sensing), using weather satellite images to analyse farming in the EU; and LUCAS (Land Use Cover Area Frame Statistical Survey) using visual...