Paris, 29 December 2008


EFITA newsletter / 392 / European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment



This
Xmas,
I would
like to put
up a tree in my
heart, and instead
of hanging presents,
I would like to put the
names of all my friends.
Close friends and not so close
friends. The old friends, the new
friends. Those that I see every day
and the ones that I rarely see. The ones
that I always remember and the ones that
I sometimes forget. The ones that are always
there and the ones that seldom are. The friends of
difficult times and the ones of happy times. Friends
who, without meaning to, I have hurt, or without meaning
to have hurt me. Those that I know well and those I only know
by name. Those that owe me little and those that I owe so much.
My humble friends and my important friends. The names of all those
that have passed through my life no matter how fleetingly. A tree with
very deep roots and very long
and strong branches so that
their names may never be
plucked from my heart. So
that new names from all
over may join the existing ones. A tree with a very
pleasant shade so that our friendship may take a
moment of rest from the battles of life. "May the
happy moments of Xmas brighten every day of
the new year". These are my sincere wishes.

Contact: Alecos TRINGIDES
E-mail: tringos(a)logos.cy.net


AgroTour.net project (for our greek speaking friends!)
- AgroTourNet promotional videos on the Web (in Greek)
The objective is promoting agritourism and vocational training in agritourism.
See: http://www.cyprus-tube.com/en/cyprus-tube.html?task=videodirectlink&id=429 .
- Cypriot Agrotourism Case Studies videos (in Greek too)
See: http://www.cyprus-tube.com/en/cyprus-tube.html?catid=7
Contact: Orestis TRINGIDES
E-mail: orestis(a)tringides.com


An inventory of the farmer advisory services using ICT in Africa
We would like to share with you the final report of the inventory on innovative farmer advisory services or systems, currently in design, in existence or recently completed in Africa. The discussions started with the RAILS e-discussion group [Regional Agricultural Information and Learning Systems] but has expanded through various consultations with relevant service providers or organizations.

Entries include projects using ICT solutions or implementing ICT-based activities, institutions/groups providing services using ICTs as well as ICT solutions software providers, both at the national and regional level. While many of the entries are projects with a definitive beginning and end date providing one or two services, others are national or regional information systems providing many agricultural services using ICTs.

The compilation of this inventory involved participation from many individuals/organizations. FARA would like to acknowledge the input from the RAILS e-discussion groups [Regional Agricultural Information and Learning Systems] and the Knowledge Management for Development [KM4Dev] e-discussion group who alerted us to projects that could be used in the inventory.

FARA attempted to contact each organization to receive the most up to date information on the project. We are grateful to every organization that responded and provided current information on the status of their project. Invaluable contributions came from the International Institute for Communications and Development (IICD) and The Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development (CTA) who provided information about the many ICT projects they are involved in. Special thanks to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), who are working on a study entitled, ICTs and small-scale agriculture in Africa: a scoping study and were able to provide a lot of valuable information about a number of ICT projects in Africa and shared their database with FARA. 

See: http://www.fara-africa.org/media/uploads/File/NSF2/RAILS/Innovative_Farmer_Advisory_Systems.pdf
Contact: Francois STEPMAN
E-mail: fstepman(a)fara-africa.org


Broadband Flash (The official Newsletter of the European Broadband Portal)
See: http://www.broadband-europe.eu/Lists/Newsletters/Newsletter%20December%202008.pdf


Una gallina pone un huevo de MEDIO KILOGRAMO (an opportunity to test a translation tool e.g. Google if your Spanish is not better than mine)

Prensa, televisión, entrevistas..., todos detrás de la gallina.

- ¿Cómo ha logrado esa hazaña, Sra. Gallina?

- Secreto de familia...

- ¿Planes para el futuro?

- Poner un huevo de un kilo..

Los flashes de las cámaras se ensañan también con el gallo...

- ¿Cómo han logrado semejante hazaña, Sr. Gallo?

- Secreto de familia...

- Planes futuros?

- ¡¡Cagar a trompadas al avestruz...!!

Contact: I. KITRON
Mél : kitron1(a)terra.com.br


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