EFITA Newsletter 14 January 2008


EFITA newsletter / 344 / European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


To support GMO cultivation in France (or not)
See: http://nonaumoratoire.free.fr/english.htm


Digital soil mapping: novel approaches to the prediction of key soil properties for modelling physical processes
13 – 18 April - VIENNA - Austria
The EGU DSM Session focuses on the mapping of key parameters and input variables for modelling soil processes. As we consider more complex models, applied to larger geographical regions, the demand for information on these inputs becomes harder to meet. Digital soil mapping is concerned with the provision of spatial information on soil properties on the basis of ancillary variables, such as proxy and remote sensor data, and limited direct measurements.
We are asking for 400-word abstracts (limited to one per presenting author). The deadline for abstract submission is 14 January 2008. The abstracts should be sent to: florence.carre(at)jrc.it
See: http://www.digitalsoilmapping.org/
See: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/
Contact: Florence CARRE
Mél : florence.carre(at)jrc.it


4th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Bio and Earth Sciences HAICTA 2008
18-20 September 2008 - ATHENS, Greece
See: http://infolab.aua.gr/haicta/conf/
Contact: Lazaros ILIADIS
E-mail: liliadis(a)fmenr.duth.gr


IJED Special Issue on "e-Government for SMEs in Rural Areas"
We would like to remind you that the deadline for the submission of papers to be considered for publication in the Special Issue "e-Government for Small and Medium Enterprises in Rural Areas" of the International Journal of Electronic Democracy (IJED) is approaching (31 January 2008).
See: http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=715
Contact: Constantina COSTOPOULOU
E-mail: tina(at)aua(dot)gr


AgricolturaOnWeb: information on agriculture.
This is a network of news portals that deal with innovation on agriculture.
RSS is available for every portal of the network.
Here's a presentation: http://agricolturaonweb.imagelinenetwork.com/about.cfm
The home page: http://agricolturaonweb.imagelinenetwork.com/
Till now, translations are available in:
EN http://farmingonweb.imagelinenetwork.com/
DE http://landwirtschaftonweb.imagelinenetwork.com/
PL http://gospodarowanieonweb.imagelinenetwork.com/
HU http://gazdalkodasonweb.imagelinenetwork.com/
SL http://kmetijstvoonweb.imagelinenetwork.com/
Other languages, ... soon on line.
The portal is "connected" to the event Fieragricola (Verona-Italy, February 7-10, 2008) http://www.fieragricola.com

Number of registered users (now): 47.846 (most of all from Italy)

We have inserted the link to Efita in http://agricolturaonweb.imagelinenetwork.com/link.cfm#siti-di-interesse-agricolo

Contact: Cristiano SPADONI
E-mail: cristiano.spadoni(a)imageline.it


Money talks...!

An old man walks into the local Cathedral and says to the Rector, "I would like to join this fu*king church."

The astonished Rector replies, "I beg your pardon, sir. I must have misunderstood you. What did you say?"

"Listen, damn it. I said I want to join this fu*king church!" the old man says again.

"I'm very sorry sir, but that kind of language is not tolerated in this church." replies the Rector and he leaves his desk and goes into the Bishop's study to inform him of the situation.

The Bishop agrees that the Rector should not have to listen to that foul language. They both return to where the old man is still standing and the Bishop asks him "Sir, what seems to be the problem here?"

"There is no damn problem," the man says. "I just won 5 million quid on the fu*king lottery and I want to join this fu*king church to get rid of some of this fu*king money".

"I see," said the Bishop glancing across to where the Rector is standing... "And this c*nt's giving you a hard time is he?"

Contact: Mick HARKIN
E-mail: harkin(a)iol.ie


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