Paris, 15 November 2004


EFITA newsletter / 184 / European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


EDI for Brazilian Agriculture
I don’t know of any use of data dictionaries or xml based data exchange, here in Brazil. May there is something on EDI, but I’m not sure.
May I ask you if you are working on any kind of project about that? This is something that interests me very much and I intend to work on it.
I would like to make a survey about that with the help of SBIAgro, the Brazilian Agri-IT association, whose presidency I’ll inaugurate next month, for the period 2004-2006. Maybe we could exchange some ideas on that.
Contact: Antonio Mauro SARAIVA
E-mail: amsaraiv(a)usp.br


EDI in Agriculture / an ISO task force
Fields for crops have a legally based reference number in Belgium, sometimes linked to GIS information. An ISO task force has been started to develop a standard for a dictionary. The leader is Mr. C. PAULSEN (Paulsen(a)lkv-wl.de).
Contact: Rony GEERS
E-mail: rony.geers(a)agr.kuleuven.ac.be


No EDI in British Agricultural
In the UK most of the crop husbandry software programmes have optional modules with the ability to handle variable application plans, variable application results and yield mapping. The information is available to the farmer but the link between this information and traceability protocols has not been made. I sincerely hope that it never does!
Contact: Andrew CRAGG
E-mail: Brooker.Farms(a)farmline.com


EU food safety
> New structure for the administration of food safety within the European Commission
See: http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/index_en.htm
> European association of fresh produce importers, exporters, wholesalers, distributors and retailers
See: http://www.freshfel.org/
> All general European legislative requirements are detailed in addition to product marketing standards and pesticide residue limits
See: http://www.freshquality.org/


Crop protection conference calendar
See: http://www.crop-protection-monthly.co.uk/futconfs.htm


Advisory Group on the Food Chain and Animal and Plant Health, 2004/613/EC, as part of a wide consultation procedure
See: http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/committees/advisory/index_en.htm


Four new species of North American birds using DNA bar-coding
See: http://www.uoguelph.ca/mediarel/archives/006206.html


E-government ?
See: http://europa.eu.int/egovernment_research


Water Shortages and Other Environmental Challenges Addressed through Biotechnology
See: http://www.biotechknowledge.com/biotech/knowcenter.nsf/viewdoc?open&docId=l:234007152


Genetically modified (GM) and non-GM crops side by side in Spain and North America
See: http://www.pgeconomics.co.uk/gm_opponents.htm


Commission appeals against WTO sugar ruling
See: http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/1237&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en


Another joke for our Irish friends
After a Beer Festival in London, all the brewery presidents decided to go out for a drink.
Corona's president sits down and says, "Señor, I would like the world's best beer, a Corona." The bartender takes a bottle from the shelf and gives it to him.
Then Budweiser's president says, "I'd like the best beer in the world, give me 'The King Of Beers', a Budweiser." The bartender gives him one.
Coors' president says, "I'd like the best beer in the world, the only one made with Rocky Mountain spring water, give me a Coors." He gets it.
The guy from Guinness sits down and says, "Give me a Coke." The other brewery presidents look over at him and ask, "Why aren't you drinking a Guinness?" and the Guinness president replies, "Well, if you guys aren't drinking beer, neither will I."
Contact: Liam LOUGHRAN
E-mail: liaml(a)aizabala.com


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