Paris, 13 December 2004


EFITA newsletter / 187 / European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


Next AgriMMedia Seminars in Paris
- 3 March 2005: GIS in French Agriculture
- 31 March 2005: EU regulations 178/2002 & 852/2004: traceability and hygiene
Contact: Guy WAKSMAN
E-mail: waksman(a)acta-informatique.fr


LANDnet Workshop
20-21 January 2005 - Budapest
The aim of the event is activating e-LAND-Community in CEE countries, and exchange land related e-government, e-content experiences.
The scopes of the workshop are the following:
- e-Content theories, e-Content background; EU e-content standards;
- Land related e-Content production and usage,
- Importance of e-Government services on Land management;
- Networking and knowledge management to facilitate land market development;

The main sessions will be:
- e-Content, e-Governance strategic objectives, related EU policies
- Land related e-Governance principles and practices in Western European countries
- the needs and the current development stage of e-Governance on Land Management in CEEC and the Caucasus region
- Technical training on LANDnet, IKON, and other e-content services

This forum will focus on:
- To activate the network of land related European e-Community (Landnet)
- To make the knowledge networking technologies more known
- To offer a golden oppo rtunity for organizations in sharing efficiently their knowledge and experiences
- To serve as a frame for testing and discussing LANDnet portal.
- To formulate urgent recommendations for action to achieve eLand-management in CEEC.
See: http://www.celk.org/
See: http://www.celk.org/celklandnet/fpSearch.asp


The First Asian Conference on Precision Agriculture (FACPA)
August 5/6, 2005 - Nikko Hotel International Toyohashi, Japan
> As an initiative on precision agriculture research and applications in Asia, the conference connects representatives from all sectors involved in agriculture. The program includes industry updates, activities in organizations and communities, and social events. All of the conference has a focus on information exchange and exploration of future needs.
> Sessions
Session 1: Technology (Sensors, VRT, Robot, Plant Factory, etc.)
Session 2: Natural Resources Variability (Soil, Water, Crop Growth, Canopy, Yield, etc.)
Session 3: Paddy Management (Irrigation, Nutrient, Farm Works, Processing, etc.) 
Session 4: Remote Sensing (Satellite, Airborne, Ground-base, etc.)
Session 5: Decision Support (GIS, Good Agricultural Practice, Hand-on Software, etc.)
Session 6: Field to Table (Reliability, Traceability, Business Model, Marketing etc.)
Session 7: Precision Livestock Farming (Instrumentation, Traceability, Waste Control, etc.)

> Management Committee for Asian Conference on Precision Agriculture
Chair: Prof. Mikio Umeda, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University（Japan）
Co-chair: Dr. Soon-Chul Kim, Yeongnam Agricultural Research Institute (Korea）

> Organizing Committee
Chair: Prof. Sakae Shibusawa, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Co-chairs: Prof. Noboru Noguchi, Hokkaido University; Dr. Kazunobu Toriyama, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences

> Sponsors
- Toyohashi City, Tahara City, Atsumi City, JA Toyohashi, JA Aichi-Minami, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

> Call for Papers
- Abstract submission: February 15, 2005 (Title, keywords, 600 words, attending session)
- Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2005
- Full paper submission: May 15, 2005
Email: chache(a)cc.tuat.ac.jp (Ms. Carolina Hache)
Joint Events
The 17th National Congress on Agricultural Information Networks and The 3^rd Symposium on IT-oriented Agriculture Advancement in Toyohashi-Tahara-Atsumi are organized as joint events.
Registration: Participant: \ 30,000, Students:  \ 10,000
See: http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~tuatpf/index.html
Contact: Dr. Tsuyoshi Okayama, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Email: okayama(a)easy.es.tuat.ac.jp


Cavan Man does it again!
A Cavan Man and his 10 yr old son were visiting the New Roches Stores on Henry Street on December 8th. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again. The boy asked, "What the feck is tha' daddy?"
The father (never having seen an ELEVATOR before) responded, "I've never seen anything like tha' in me life. I don't know what the jaysus i' is."
While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a very fat ugly Westmeath woman in a wheelchair rolled up to the moving walls and pressed a button.
The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched the small circular numbers above the walls light up sequentially. They continued to watch until it reached the last number and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order.
Finally the walls opened up again and a gorgeous, voluptuous 24-year-old Dublin blonde woman stepped out. The father, not taking his goggle eyes off the young woman, said quietly to his son:
"Go get your Mammy."


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