Paris, 1 March 2004


EFITA newsletter / 148 / European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


New Ag International Conference and Exhibition
Roma/ Italy - 17-19 March
See: http://www.newaginternational.com/conference/conference.html


Environmentally Friendly Spray Application Techniques"
Deadline for abstract submission: 1st March 2004
See: http://www.pomocentre.insad.pl
Contact: Pawel KONOPACKI
mailto:pkonopac@insad.pl


PRELUDE Workshop "eCommunities in an Enlarged Europe" & INSPO Conference
Prague -12-13 March 2004
eris@ is a key partner of the Prelude project, responsible for the implementation of a series of Thematic Guides to Policy and Good Practices in the fields of e-Government, e-Learning, e-Transport and e-Communities/e-Inclusion.
See: http://www.prelude-portal.org/
See: http://www.erisa.be
Contact : Ester Torres
mailto:ester.torres@erisa.be


XI Congress of the Polish Association of Agriculture and Agribusiness Economists (SERiA)
Pulawy - 22-24 September
See: http://www.seria.com.pl/
Contact: Micha SZNAJDER
mailto:misznajd@owl.au.poznan.pl


eChallenges e-2004 Conference and Exhibition
Vienna, 27-29 October
See: http://www.echallenges.org/)


International Society of Livestock Husbandry (IGN)
See: http://www.ign-nutztierhaltung.ch/


State of play on GMO authorisations under EU law
See: http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=MEMO/04/17|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=


Question and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU
See: http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=MEMO/04/16|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=


Livestock revolution (ICT Update)
Over the last decade the growing global demand for livestock products has given rise to a real ‘livestock revolution’. In many developing countries the livestock industry is expanding faster than any other agricultural sector. In order to address the environmental, health and economic challenges posed by this revolution, national governments, NGOs and individual farmers need both comprehensive, up-to-date information resources and clearly defined policies and regulations agreed upon by the international community. The last issue of ICT Update reports on a number of initiatives to assess how ICTs may help meet these needs.
See: http://ictupdate.cta.int


Links mentioned in ICT Update
> FAO Animal Production and Health Division website
See: http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/aga_prog.html
> Global Livestock Information System and Knowledge Framework
See: http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/P1.html
> Domestic Animal Diversity Information System (DAD-IS)
See: http://www.fao.org/dad-is/index.asp
> Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD)
See: http://www.lead.virtualcentre.org/en/frame.htm
> International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
See: http://www.ilri.org/
> System-wide Livestock Programme (SLP - CGIAR)
See : http://www.vslp.org/vslp/
> Animal Health and Production Compendium (CABI)
See: http://www.cabicompendium.org/ahpc
> Eldis Pastoralism Resource Guide
See: http://www.eldis.org/pastoralism/index.htm


Psych Test
This is an authentic psychological test.
It is a story about a girl. While at the funeral of her mother, she met a man whom she did not know. She thought he was amazing, her dream guy, and she fell in love with him but never asked for his telephone number and could not find him after the funeral.
A few days later the girl killed her sister.

Question: What was her motive in killing her sister?
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Answer:
She calculated that the guy would appear at her sister's funeral.

Possible consequences:
If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test a famous American psychologist used to test if one has the same mentality as a killer. Many arrested serial killers took this test and answered it correctly. If you didn't answer correctly - good for you.
If you got the answer correct, please let me know so I can take you off my e-mail list... unless that will piss you off, then I'll just be extra nice to you from now on.
Contact: Mick HARKIN
mailto:harkin@iol.ie


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