Paris, 20 September 2004
EFITA newsletter / 176 / European Federation for Information
Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Tragedy: No more efita newsletter?
Greetings and thank you for your on-line EFITA Newsletter. The newsletter
comes empty for the last two issues as shown below. I do not know why. Please
advise.
I enjoy reading the newsletter including the jokes at the end. Thank you and
cheers.
Contact : Vethaiya BALASUBRAMANIAN
E-mail: v.balasubramanian(a)cgiar.org
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Anyway the newsletter is available on the efita web site.
Geotraceability
5 October 2004 - France - Auch
See: http://www.efita.net?d=5193
Call for papers: EFITA / WCCA 2005 Joint Conference
+ The 5th Conference of the European Federation for Information Technology
in Agriculture, Food and Environment and
+ The 3rd World Congress on Computers in Agriculture and Natural
Resources
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal, 25 - 28
July 2005
See: http://www.agriculturadigital.org/efitaandwcca2005
PROGIS conference
22 - 24 September 2004
This years conference hits the bull's-eye of the GIS market and is devoted to
the issue: "IT in Rural Areas" due to the huge changes from beginning
2005. It gives the latest information about legal requirements within the European
Community in general and shows also the up-to-date latest WinGIS developments
with applications for Rural Areas (agriculture, forestry, utility-management,
communities, expert systems etc.). A number of high ranked European Key Speakers
will polish up the whole seminar with important key words from the official
point of view.
Key-speakers:
Oliver Drewes: European Commission DG Agriculture and Fisheries, Bruxelles
DI Gerald Fuxjäger: ARGE Digitalplan Vienna
Dr. Görres Grezdörffer: University Rostock- Inst. For Management of Rural Areas
Hugo de Groof: European Commission DG Environment, Bruxelles
Dr. Johann Habermeyer: Curatorship of the Bavarian Machine-Cooperatives, Neuburg/D
MinR. Albert Knieling: Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment
and Water Management / Section Forestry
Dr. Anton Mangstl: FAO-Food and Agriculture organisation of the United Nations
Bino Marechesini: EUROGI, Euopean umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information
DI Maximilian Pock: Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment
and Water Management / Section Sustainability and Rural Area
Marianna Posfai: Central European Land Knowledge Center, Budapest and Worldbank-representative
Dr. Christian Stockinger: Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture
DI Franz Tonner: Styrian Bauernbund (Farmers Union), Austria,
Around 100 of participants from 27 Countries all over Europe have registered
for the conference, a number of Partners and Users will present their spatial
projects from various market segments.
We have also further enhanced our products with new spatial functionalities,
development interfaces, mapserver functionalities as well as mobile GIS solutions,
this will be mainly represented from PROGIS staff members.
Brandnew developments you will hear and see about GIS and time management as
well as the unique integration of expert information into GIS applications.
Lectures and side meetings about EU projects and the new legal situation starting
with 1.1.2005 will round off the conference and not to forget the social contacts,
meetings and also fun at an excellent location. You personally will benefit
for sure from this conference.
See: http://www.progis.com/event/conf2004/index.htm
EU withdraws proposal on labelling thresholds yet approves corn varieties
See: http://www.isaaa.org/kc/CBTNews/bcentral/cbtupdate.htm#eu
International Hop Growers’ Convention
The International Hop Growers’ Convention represents the common interests
of the hop industry. The IHGC activities with 20 member countries include collecting
and publishing figures on acreage, crops, varieties, exports and imports, a
research promotion and the dissemination of the hop industry information to
its members.
See: http://www.hmelj-giz.si/ihgc/doc/EC
report-Jul04.pdf
See: http://www.hmelj-giz.si/ihgc/
Contact: Martin PAVLOVIC
E-mail: martin.pavlovic(a)uni-lj.si
The El Niño phenomenon and its global impact
16-20 May 2005 - Guayaquil, Ecuador
See: http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/topconf/avh1/index.html
Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods
The universities of Bologna and Gießen are conducting a joint international
research project that is aimed at identifying consumer acceptance of genetically
modified foods. This research is financed by CRUI and DAAD, public research
funding organizations, as part of a joint VIGONI programme. The survey is conducted
in Germany, Italy, UK and USA.
See: http://www.food-research.org/
Contact: Andreas BOECKER and Giuseppe NOCELLA
E-mail: giuseppe.nocella(a)unibo.it
Global partnership for safe and sustainable agriculture
In responding to the demands of consumers, retailers and their global suppliers
have created and implemented a series of sector specific farm certification
standards. The aim is to ensure integrity, transparency and harmonisation of
global agricultural standards. This includes the requirements for safe food
that is produced respecting worker health, safety and welfare, environmental
and animal welfare issues.
See: http://www.eurep.org/
Conseil International des Céréales (CIC / International Grains Council (IGC)
> The International Grains Council (IGC) is an intergovernmental organisation
concerned with grains trade. It administers the Grains Trade Convention, 1995.
The IGC Secretariat, based in London since 1949, also services the Food Aid
Committee, established under the Food Aid Convention 1999.
> Grain market summary
Voir : http://www.igc.org.uk/gmr/gmrsummary.htm
Voir : http://www.igc.org.uk
What's New on the FAO web site?
See: http://www.fao.org/waicent/whats_new/index_en.htm
Serves you right…
A man is driving down a deserted stretch of highway and is astonished when he
sees a sign on the side of the road.
It reads:
SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION
10 MILES
He thinks it was a figment of his imagination and he drives on without a second
thought. Soon he sees another sign, which says:
SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION
5 MILES
It begins to dawn on him that these signs may be for real...
Then he drives past a third sign saying:
SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION
NEXT RIGHT
His curiosity gets the best of him and he pulls as directed.
On one side of the parking lot there is a stone building with a small sign next
to the door reading:
SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
He climbs the steps and rings the bell.
The door is answered by a nun in a long black habit who asks, "What may
we do for you, my son?"
He answers, "I saw your signs along the highway, and was interested in
possibly doing business."
The nun regards him coolly. "Very well. My son. Follow me."
The man is led through many winding passages and is soon quite disoriented.
The nun stops at a closed door and tells the man,
"Please knock on this door."
He does as he is told and another nun in a long habit, holding a tin cup, answers
the door.
This nun instructs him: "Please place $100 in the cup, then go through
that large wooden door at the end of this hallway.
And be sure to pull the door behind you."
He gets $100 out of his wallet and places it in the second nun's cup. He then
trots eagerly down the hall and slips through the door, pulling it shut behind
him. As the door locks behind him, he finds himself back in the parking lot,
facing another small sign:
YOU HAVE JUST BEEN SCREWED BY THE SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS.
Serves you right… Sinner !
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