Paris, 31 July 2006


EFITA newsletter / 270 / European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


Map of Europe
This will help to sharpen your jigsaw abilities - and offer a bit of educational fun to the kids at home! If anyone - apart from central Europeans - gets 90% correct, please let me know. Happy summer!
See: http://www.acta-informatique.fr?d=6451
Contact: Mick HARKIN
Email: harkin(a)iol.ie


Point of view (in Fr-English): CAP surface declarations through the Internet
In France, TelePAC was mainly used by cattle breeders when large crop producers made most of their declarations on paper. In large crop areas such as the Paris basin, there are not many details to change from one declaration to the following one. But for cattle breeders, declarations are more complex and environmental obligations more difficult to fulfil. This is the reason why cattle breeders prefer to ask advisory organisations to help them. These organisations help the farmers to use the Internet solution. At the end, the regions which very much used Internet solutions are not these ones that we expected.
Contact: Guy WAKSMAN
Email: waksman(a)acta-informatique.fr


Invitation to International Seminar on Farm Advisory Systems
27 September 2006 - LLEIDA, Catalonia (Spain)
The seminar will be of particular interest for persons in charge of the development of European agricultural advisory services.
Contact : Mr. Jordi FENOLLAR, Ms Laura LORENZO
E-mail: jfenollar(a)gencat.net, llorenzo(a)gencat.net


International Congress for Observatories on Information Society
5 – 6 October 2006 - ALICANTE
The impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on modern society and the future of companies and institutions are obvious, to the point that the implementation grade of the Information Society in a territory is considered today a key factor to know its development grade. The Observatories on the Information Society have become a fundamental element to understand the progress of our society from this point of view.
In this context, CEVALSI, a Valencian Observatory of the Technological and Knowledge-based Society within the OVSI Foundation, is holding, with the support of Valencian Government, the I Congress for Observatories on the Information Society.
This will be a multiterritorial encounter, with the main aim of becoming a permanent forum, open to the exchange of ideas and experiences, in which the problems related with concept analysis and measurement, statistical processing, main indicators and cooperation can be debated. A forum in which experts from several countries can provide their own particular vision on this phenomenon, whether it be regional, national or international, where the creation of working groups is fostered, and where observatories have the opportunity to exchange experiences and agree on the base lines of a useful methodology for their work.
There are several outputs we can expect from this event, but we can point out two important milestones: the creation of the International Network of Observatories on the Information Society which objective is to become a reference point towards the establishment of methodologies and indicators, which are verifiable, comparable and approved by consensus by all the participants to this encounter. And also the establishment of a “Key aspects catalogue” for the appropriate measurement of the Information Society progress, which must compile all the aspects that we consider, should be included in the studies and projects developed in this field.
See: http://congreso.cevalsi.org/index.php?idioma=en
Contact: Víctor Prieto LÓPEZ
Email: vprieto(a)ovsi.com


Viva Colombia
Un hombre muere y va al infierno. Allí descubre que hay un infierno para cada país.
Va primero al infierno alemán y pregunta: ¿Que te hacen acá?: Aquí primero te ponen en la silla eléctrica por una hora, luego te acuestan en una cama llena de clavos por otra hora, y el resto del día viene el diablo
alemán y te da latigazos. Al personaje no le gusto nada y se fue a ver en que consistían los otros infiernos. Tanto el infierno estadounidense como el ruso y el resto de infiernos de distintas naciones hacían lo mismo; entonces, ve que en el infierno colombiano hay una fila llena de gente esperando entrar.
Intrigado, pregunta al ultimo de la fila: ¿Que es lo que hacen acá?:
Aquí te ponen en una silla eléctrica por una hora, luego en una cama llena de clavos por otra hora, y el resto del día viene el diablo colombiano y te da latigazos. Pero es exactamente igual a los otros infiernos, ¿por que aquí hay tanta gente queriendo entrar?.......
Porque nunca hay luz, la silla eléctrica no sirve, los clavos de la cama se los robaron todos y el diablo viene, firma y se va.
Contact: I. KITRON
Email: kitron1(a)terra.com.br


Agri islamism
An old Arab lived close to New York City for more than 40 years. He would have loved to plant potatoes in his garden, but he is alone, old and weak. His son is in college in Paris, so the old man sends him an e-mail.
He explains the problem:
"Beloved son, I am very sad, because I can't plant potatoes in my garden. I am sure, if only you were here, you would help and dig up the garden for me. I love you,
Your Father"
The following day, the old man receives a response e-mail from his son:
"Beloved Father, Please don't touch the garden. It's there that I have hidden 'the THING'.
I love you, too,
Ahmed"
At 4pm the US Army, The Marines, the FBI, the CIA and the Rangers visit the house of the old man, take the whole garden apart, search every inch, but can't find anything. Disappointed they leave the house.
A day later, the old man receives another e-mail from his son.
"Beloved Father,
I hope the garden is dug up by now and you can plant your potatoes.
That's all I could do for you from here.
I love you,
Ahmed
Contact: Marc BUYS
Mél : buysmarc(a)aol.com


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