Paris, 29 May 2006
EFITA newsletter / 262 / European Federation for Information
Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Point of view (in Fr-English): To pilot or to delegate
In very small enterprises, the entrepreneurs have to delegate or to subcontract
different functions. They can not pilot everything by themselves. For example,
farmers most often delegate the commercial function. They subcontract book-keeping
too. When evaluating the use of ICT by farmers, it is important to observe that
farmers may prefer to completely pilot a function for a few year (and use ICT),
and then to choose to delegate e.g. to an advisory organisation whole or part
of this function.
Contact: Guy WAKSMAN
Email: waksman(a)acta-informatique.fr
EFITA 2007?
Do you have any information about the next EFITA conference? Is there a
website, a call for papers, etc.?
Contact: George ADAMIDES
E-mail: adamides(a)arinet.ari.gov.cy
EFITA 2003: ISPT?
I am a participator of EFITA 2003. I want to know whether the Proceeding
of EFITA 2003 was cited by ISPT?
Contact: Prof. Dr. LIU, Jintong
E-mail: jtliu(a)sjziam.ac.cn
My answer (GW)
- I do not know whether the Proceedings of EFITA 2003 were cited by ISPT.
- These proceedings are available on the efita.net web site. Only the proceedings
of the Bonn congress in 1999 are missing.
Catalogue of French IT Companies involved in agricultural software programmes
and traceability
See: http://www.efita.net?d=5035
Question (GW): Have you similar catalogue in your country? If not, it is not
very difficult to develop!
Food is life
IUFOST XIIIth World Congress of Food Science and Technology
17 - 21 September 2006 – NANTES - France
See: http://www.inra.fr/iufost2006/
Contact: Pierre FEILLET
E-mail: pierre.feillet(a)wanadoo.fr
AGRISOUK: The Arab Food & Agriculture Portal
See: http://www.agrisouk.com/
CORE Organic news
A new report provides insight in the priority setting, funding and evaluation
of organic farming research in the countries represented in the CORE Organic.
Topics for transnational research are to be discussed at the CORE Organic workshop
in Odense. New research projects in Denmark. Open space technique to include
Swiss stakeholders in research priority setting process. The Norwegian Centre
for Ecological Agriculture (NORSØK) celebrates its 20-year anniversary.
See: http://www.coreorganic.org/corenews/may06/index.html
New brochure "EU policy on biotechnology" by DG ENVI
Biotechnology has the potential, through agronomically improved crops, to
deliver better quality food and environmental benefits. Indeed, life sciences
and biotechnology offer opportunities to address many of the global needs relating
to health, ageing, food, and the environment and sustainable development.
See: http://ec.europa.eu/comm/environment/biotechnology/pdf/eu_policy_biotechnology.pdf
May you always... Live Well.... Laugh Often... Love Much (3)
Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under
a tree when one turned to the other, and said, "Slim, I'm 83 years old
now, and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do
you feel?"
Slim said, "I feel just like a newborn baby."
"Really? Like a new-born baby?"
"Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants."
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