Paris, 4 December 2006
EFITA newsletter / 286 / European Federation for Information
Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Seminar about agricultural data dictionaries, interoperability and traceability
(in French only)
20 December – PARIS – French ministry of Agriculture
See: http://www.acta-informatique.fr?d=6561
Contact: Guy WAKSMAN
E-mail: waksman(a)acta-informatique.fr
EFITA 2007 - Environmental and rural sustainability through ICT
The plans for this years conference are very exciting with a range of papers
and poster sessions, short and long, and demonstrations of software both commercial
and research based. As well as the stimulation of the conference itself delegates
will be welcomed with a civic reception, offered the opportunity to sample
If you have something to say about the way that ICT can be, is, or should be
used to support the farm business, protect the environment or support rural
communities then send in your abstract now. The deadline for abstracts, 30th
November, is fast approaching. For more information and instructions to authors
go to the conference web-site at: efitaglasgow.org"
Contact: Caroline PARKER
E-mail: c.g.parker(a)gcal.ac.uk
Deutsche Bank and BP highlight potential for bioenergy to become a leading
business of the 21st century: Dynamic growth forecast for European
bioenergy sector
At a bioenergy conference held last week at EuroTier, an international livestock
exhibition in Hanover, top speakers from investment banking, oil and agriculture
stressed the important role of agriculture in generating bioenergy, particularly
biomass.
See: http://www.dlg.org/en/press/press_office.html?struts=publicArtikelDetail.do&artikelId=945&spracheId=2&kategorieId=1&bereich=News
Contact: Malene CONLONG
E-mail: m.conlong(a)dlg.org
Call for a dialogue on implementation process of ICT-projects:
Apart from the Neuchatel initiative, who argues that any project that has
to do with changing agriculture needs to be demand driven, there are few exchanges
of experiences on how to implement ICT in agriculture. I believe that one of
the main problems is that as long as you are in the project business (and most
of us are) the need for quick results (on one-five years) results that you very
often create "silos" which are not connected to the existing mode
of governance (how things are run, state planning or private business approach)
which results in an extremely low rate of survival of very many initiatives.
Right now I am looking for ways to twin projects with administration and market
in implementing ICT in agriculture in
See: http://www.neuchatelinitiative.net
Contact: Thomas NORRBY
E-mail: thomas.norrby(a)sol.slu.se
Wonders
A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present "
1.
2. Taj Mahal
3.
4.
5.
6. St. Peter's Basilica
7.
While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one student had not finished
her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list.
The girl replied,
"Yes, a little. I couldn't quite make up my mind because there were so
many."
The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help.
"The girl hesitated, then read, "I think the '
1. To See
2. To Hear
3. To Touch
4. To Taste
5. To Feel
6. To Laugh
7. And to Love."
The room was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. The things we overlook
as simple and ordinary and that we take for granted are truly wondrous!
A gentle reminder -- that the most precious things in life cannot be built by
hand or bought by man.
Contact : Pierre JOLIVET
Email: timarcha(a)club-internet.fr
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