Paris, 26 April 2004


EFITA newsletter / 156 / European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


3Oth AGRIMMEDIA Seminar: Situation of the French agricultural web & a best of agricultural services
10 June – Paris
Contact: Guy WAKSMAN
mailto:waksman@acta-informatique.fr


PhD Dissertation on Digital Divide in Agriculture
I am collecting data & info about digital divide in agriculture for my dissertation. I am searching documents, articles, stats, etc about ICT adoption in Italian Agriculture, but I am interested in a comparison with other European Countries.
Contact: Roberto ROMANO
mailto:r.romano@stpa.unibo.it


International trade: Animal exports
See: http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/int-trde/animl-ex/cins/2003/03-87.htm
See: http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/04/487|0|RAPID&lg=EN;


Agricultural business portal based in Spain
Since November, 1999, this portal aims at reducing the gap between producers and retailers and help real producers to increase their incomings by being able to sell their products for a higher price. At present, the portal marketplace is used by more than 10.000 actively registered users, and receives about 175.000 user sessions a month, showing more than 800.000 page views in the past month (March 2004).
Agroterra.com is ruled by Agrosfera Networks SL, which also owns another agricultural portals such us www.agricultura.org or www.infoporcino.com among others. Agroterra.com's market services are totally free.
See: http://www.agroterra.com/
Contact: Juan Martínez CLIMENT
mailto:juanmc@agrosfera.com


Question: How many Spanish colleagues do you have in your mailing list?
The reason for my question is that I am leaving for South America for a new "Demonstration project" on IT and rural development, especially agriculture.
Could you resend the latest update of your figures on IT in agriculture in the different countries in Europe? Or do you have them on a web page somewhere?
Contact: Thomas NORRBY
mailto:thomas.norrby@omv.slu.se

Answers:
- Figures on IT in agriculture in the different countries: please, look at the ACTA Informatique web site. See two papers published in 2002 and 2004
See: http://www.acta-informatique.fr/apps/accesbase/dbsommaire.asp?d=5586&t=0&uid=57305290&sid=57305290&idk=1

- Number of Spanish colleagues? Look at the following table…

AgroWeb portal: Agriculture related information - Central and Eastern Europe and former USSR…
> Collect and provide information from of the agricultural sector:
- monitor information and related links of agricultural institutions, important agriculture, food and nutrition, veterinary and other related subjects and information resources;
- monitor and promote national and international events related to the objectives of AgroWeb.
> Capacity building and inter-institutional cooperation
- to build capacities and inter-institutional cooperation:
- development of communication and cooperation amongst the countries in the region, and with international organizations such as FAO;
- development and promoting common standards and guidelines for information management.
See: http://agrowebcee.net/


St. Patrick's Day
McQuillan walked into a bar and ordered martini after martini, each time removing the olives and placing them in a jar. When the jar was filled with olives and all the drinks consumed, the Irishman started to leave.
"Excuse me," said a customer, who was puzzled over what McQuillan had done, "What was that all about?"
"Nothin'," said the Irishman, "me wife just sent me out for a jar of olives!"
Contact: Bill PARLETTE
mailto:billparlette@compuserve.com


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