Paris, 30 June 2008
EFITA newsletter / 368 / European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture,
Food and the Environment
The 9th Seoul International Exhibition of Machinery, Science and Technology
for Agriculture (SIEMSTA 2008), being held biannually
26 - 29 November 2008 - SEOUL
SIEMSTA, the largest international agricultural machinery show in Asia, is certified
by UFI, the global association of exhibition industry.
The 2006 show was a great success with 197 companies including 978 booths and
90,580
visitors, and SIEMSTA 2008 sets a goal of 210 companies, 1,050 booths and 100,000
visitors.
See: http://www.siemsta.co.kr/2008/eng/
16th work scientific AKAL colloquium (work in Agriculture)
9 - 10 March 2009 - POTSDAM
* Farm Management
* Processing & Post Harvest Technology and Logistics
* Musculoskeletal disorders
* Work Organisation
* Work Place Design
* Occupational risk factors
* Safety and Health
* ICT applications in agriculture
* Education and Extension Service
See: http://www.atb-potsdam.de/akal2009/start.htm
Contact: Martina JAKOB
Mail: mjakob(a)atb-potsdam.de
Technology and management to ensure sustainable agriculture, agro-systems,
forestry and safety - XXXIII CIOSTA & CIGR Section V Conference.
17-19 June 2009 - REGGIO CALABRIA (Italy)
See: http://www.ciosta.unirc.it/
Contact: Gennaro GIAMETTA
Mél : ciosta2009(a)unirc.it
Peacebuilding in ICT Update magazine
Rural areas are often the first to be cut off from communication sources
after a war breaks out, and the last to be reconnected when peace returns. Connecting
rural communities in times of conflict gives them more say in the type of assistance
they need, when they need it most. And, with more opportunities to contact the
wider world, the more chance they have of finding someone who will listen.
ICT Update is a bimonthly printed bulletin, web magazine, and accompanying email
newsletter focusing on the use of information and communication technologies
in agriculture in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. It is published
in English and French, by CTA (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation)
in Wageningen in the Netherlands.
See: http://ictupdate.cta.int
Contact: Jim DEMPSEY
E-mail: jim(a)contactivity.com
Marriage (Part III)
Husband (a doctor) and his wife are having a fight at the breakfast table.
Husband gets up in a rage and says, 'And you are no good in bed either,' and
storms out of the house.
After some time he realizes he was nasty and decides to make amends and rings
her up.
She comes to the phone after many rings, and the irritated husband says, 'What
took you so long to answer to the phone?'
She says, 'I was in bed.'
'In bed this early, doing what?'
'Getting a second opinion!'
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