Paris, 14 May 2007
EFITA newsletter / 309 / European Federation for Information
Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
CanalAgri - Interactive Web TV in Burgundy
14 - 15 May (in the morning)
See: http://www.sati.tv
Contact: Philippe COAT
Mél : philippe.coat(a)contactoffice.fr
48 th AgriMMedia seminar
15 May – PARIS
New web tools: blog, RSS, wiki, podcast, video on the Internet, web TV, web
conference… (in French).
See: http://www.acta-informatique.fr?d=6752
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Agricultural machinery purchasing power forecast to double in China in 2007
to reach 1.2 billion yuan
Beijing, China, 27 April, 2007 - At the opening ceremony yesterday at
the agriChina exhibition held 26-28 April in Beijing, agricultural machinery
purchasing power in China was forecast to double in 2007. Modernisation of agriculture
is an important part of the Chinese government's five-year-plan to boost industry
development and agricultural development. This could be a significant opportunity
for foreign manufacturers.
"We expect that in 2007 the Chinese government will double the purchasing
allowance of agricultural machinery£¬ taking it to 1.2 billion yuan. This expected
increase is a positive sign for the agricultural machinery industry and is a
significant business and investment opportunity for Chinese and foreign companies
alike," said Gao Yuanen, vice chairman of China Machinery Industry Confederation
& Chairman of China Association of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers
(CAAMM).
At the three-day event, some 120 companies from within and outside China will
be presenting agricultural machinery and crop production technologies suitable
to this market.
Chinese agricultural market on an upward trend - components sector also growing
Last year, annual sales of agricultural machinery produced by large manufacturers
was 130 billion yuan, up more than 25% on last year. This upward trend is echoed
at the agriChina 2007 exhibition with many new exhibitors presenting new products
suitable for the Chinese market. Especially Chinese manufacturers experience
a booming farm equipment spare parts and components sector where the rapid mechanisation
of Chinese agriculture has involved a 15% increase in medium tractors in the
last year alone. Over 300 companies each with annual sales of over EUR 500,000
are supplying components for both domestic and western farm equipment. These
manufacturers grossed EUR 1,420 million in 2006, a 30 percent increase on last
year. In addition to presenting new agricultural machinery equipment, the agriChina
exhibition includes a significant Chinese components sector.
¡°China may still be a land of 240 million small farmers but the number of larger
western-style units is increasing. That¡¯s why agriChina will also feature a
presentation for large-scale farmers and agricultural contractors,¡± said Martin
Lueth, project manager of agriChina, DLG.
agriChina - a world of information
agriChina is a global showcase of modern western and asian agricultural machinery.
International specialists gather to compare the most appropriate technical agricultural
production approach. At agriChina, global technologies are matched with international
seminars and presentations on subjects from soil management, food safety and
beef cattle production, to rice harvesting, bioenergy and international benchmarking.
With China already the largest producer of potatoes in the world, harvesting
a quarter of global output or some 73 million tonnes annually, it¡¯s no surprise
that a whole series of agriChina presentations will concentrate on this crop.
The organisers, DLG-Agriservice a subsidiary of the DLG, Deutsche Messe and
Hannover Fairs China, also want agriChina participants to get to know Chinese
farming and farm equipment production. A unique expert excursion is organised
on Sunday, April 29 which includes visits to cattle farms, arable units, a greenhouse
growing enterprise and an agricultural engineering plant.
See: http://www.agri-china.cn/
Contact: Malene CONLONG
E-mail: m.conlong(a)dlg.org
Invitation to a PhD-course in Application Technology…
…in connection to the 9th Workshop on Sustainable Plant Protection Techniques
in Fruit Growing, in Alnarp, Sweden, September 2007!
The Faculty of Landscape Planning, Horticulture and Agricultural Science in
Alnarp, Sweden, invites doctorate students to participate in a PhD-course.
We are happy to announce that Professor Emilio Gil Moya, from Department of
Agri-Food Engineering and Biotechnology of the Technical University of Catalonia
(UPC), Barcelona, Spain, will the main advisor for the course.
The course starts with individual work during the summer, then followed by two
days studies and seminars, starting Sept 10th. The students will also participate
in the SuProFruit workshop with presentations. Professor Gil will, together
with me, be at place at the University Campus Alnarp from Sunday Sept 9th, to
advice and accompany the students during the course. The course will be accounted
as a 1,5 ECTS credits PhD-course (corresponding to one week workload).
We have reserved accommodation at the University Campus for the students (around
20/night, breakfast incl), during the course and the Workshop. There are no
fees related to the course. On the other hand, we expect the PhD-students to
register for the workshop (as students).
A preliminary time limit for registration to the PhD-course will be May 15th
2007. Minimum number is 5 students, maximum 12 students.
So please, PhD-students and doctorate student advisors/professors, contact Prof
Emilio Gil Moya as soon as possible and announce your interest! And please suggest
your subject to Prof Gil!
E-mail address: emilio.gil@upc.edu
See: http://www.lt.slu.se/suprofruit07
Contact: Sven Axel SVENSSON
E-mail: suprofruit07(a)ltj.slu.se
Third Symposium on Sunflower in Developing Countries
10 - 12 December 2007 – Uganda (all details will be available soon)
Contact: Laurencine LOT
E-mail: lot(a)cetiom.fr
International Sunflower Conference
8 - 12, June 2008 - CORDOBA - Spain
To help our Spanish colleagues to organize the event, please send them back
the Interest Form by June 15, 2007. If you were willing to become an Active
ISA Member and enjoy preferential prices to attend the events, join the Association
without delay, please contact me.
See: http://www.cetiom.fr/isa/event.htm
Contact: Laurencine LOT
E-mail: lot(a)cetiom.fr
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Letters to the editor
Could the Home Secretary explain to me how biometric checks on iris Patterns
and fingerprints are going to help keep tabs on Muslim cleric Abu Hamsa.
Les Barnsley
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The government tells us that we are eating too many pies and dying of heart
disease, then in the next breath they're telling us we are living too long and
there'll be no more pension money left for us. I wish they'd make their bloody
minds up.
John
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'Alton Towers - Where the magic never ends' or so the commercial says. Imagine
my disappointment when it closed at 7.30.
Colum Hill
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I am married to a Taiwanese lady, and people often ask me if she was a mail-order
bride. I find this very insensitive. The Royal Mail lose around 2 million letters
and parcels each year, and to suggest that I would trust the delivery of my
wife to them is insulting in the extreme. She was sent by DHL next day delivery.
L Palmer, London
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The record companies would have us believe that the money made by CD Pirates
goes to fund the drug industry. But the money rock stars make from legal record
sales ends up in exactly the same place. When they stop breaking the law, so
will I.
P Boddington, Ringway
Contact: Ian HOUSEMAN
E-mail: ian.houseman(a)btconnect.com