Paris, 6 September 2004


EFITA newsletter / 174 / European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


Geotraceability
5 October 2004 - Auch (France)
See: http://www.efita.net?d=5193


CD / International Rural Tourism Workshop
2-3 June 2004 - Riga
To obtain the CD of the workshop web site…
See: http://www.conferences.traveller.lv/


Product development in rural tourism with focus on farm holidays
16 - 17 September 2004 - Ottenstein, Austria,
See: http://www.uab-bv.at/cei-workshop/


Product and Quality Standards for International Marketing on Rural and AgroTourism
1-3 October 2004 - Jaén (Spain)
This seminar is organised by EuroGites-European Federation of Farm and Village Tourism as a follow-up to last year's 1st European Congress on Rural Tourism.  At this congress, the need for a clear and homogenous product image of Rural / Agro Tourism was defined as one of the key issues for a growing international demand looking for this type of holiday.  This Seminar will now join stakeholders and decision makers from about 20 countries in Europe, in order to discuss practical experiences in this topic and to agree on common definitions and standards.   Special reduces registration fees for provider organisations until 10-September.
See: http://www.agoratierraadentro.org/seminar/index.html
Contact: Klaus EHRLICH
E-mail: president(a)eurogites.org


A new approach to training for quality in European rural tourism
See: http://www.celotajs.lv/Leonardo_en.htm


Development of the criteria for the Green Certificate, implementation and control in rural areas and small towns in Latvia
See: http://www.eco.traveller.lv/


A common development strategy of rural tourism in the Baltic countries – an open source information system for small and micro enterprises in rural areas
See. http://www.celotajs.lv/Phare_en.htm


The stability of tropical rainforest margins: linking ecological, economic and social constraints of land use and conservation
9 - 22 September 2005 - Göttingen, Germany
See: http://www.storma.de/symp2005
Contact: Daniel STIETENROTH
E-mail: dstiete(a)gwdg.de


Convention on Migratory Species
See: http://www.cms.int/index.html


Buzz project
The Buzz project is designed to provide new evidence about the value of creating wildlife habitats on farmland (from Crop Protection Monthly)
See: http://f-e-c.co.uk/buzz/
See: http://www.crop-protection-monthly.co.uk


Sixth Fresenius Conference on Behaviour of Pesticides in Air, Soils and Water: Fate, Exposure and Regulatory Issues
See: http://www.akademie-fresenius.de/


Maize genome data available to scientists
See: http://www.danforthcenter.org/
See: http://www.maizeseq.org/
See: http://www.ncga.com/


Prospects for agricultural markets 2004-2011 - Update for EU-25
See: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/publi/caprep/prospects2004a/index_en.htm


Rumanian adaptation of an already told sheep story
In a very nice summer day, on a road in the Western Carpathians Mountains, a tourist driving a car was blocked by a flock of sheep that was crossing the road. The tourist was very angry because of the very slow movement of the sheep and the shepherd tried to cool him down.
Than, suddenly the tourist asked the shepherd:
- If I will tell exactly the number of the sheep, would you give me one of them?
The shepherd said:
- O.K.!
Immediately, on the surprise of the shepherd, the tourist indicated the exact number of sheep. So, the shepherd was forced to keep his promise and the tourist took a member of the flock. Than the shepherd asked the tourist:
- If I will tell you exactly what is your profession, would you give back what you have took from me?
The tourist agreed this proposal and the shepherd indicates that he is a policeman.
Surprised the tourist asked:
- How you discovered this?
Very calmly the shepherd answered:
- Because you have took my dog, Sir!
Contact: Alexandru NAGHIU
E-mail : alnaghiu(a)iname.com


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