Paris, 11 January 2009


EFITA newsletter / 394 / European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


Internet in French Agriculture (Survey 2007 by French ministry of Agriculture) –
figures provided by pleinchamp.com > 1 200 000 visits and > 370 000 unique visitors last November)

 

2003

2005

2007

Nb of professional farms

367000

346000

326000

Nb of farms using the Internet for professional needs

70500

105500

147 700

Proportion of "departements" with more than 1000 farms connected

20%

50%

75%



Proportion of farms using the Internet

Nb of "departements"

2003

2005

2007

Less than 25%

75

29

1

25% – 35 %

18

37

16

35% - 45 %

1

23

32

45% - 55%

0

5

29

More than 55%

0

0

16

One "departement" = One county. There are around 100 "departements" in France.


The Palestinian Representative's Speech at the UN
A story that you could read well with different names: Palestinian=Greek Cypriot, Israeli=Turkish Cypriot
Of course the answer could be: “So what?”
But still ingenious…

An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred recently (?!?) in the United Nations Assembly and made the world community smile

'Before beginning my talk I want to tell you something about Moses. When he struck the rock and it brought forth water, he thought, 'What a good opportunity to have a bath!'

He removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water.

When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished.

An Israeli had stolen them.'

The Israeli representative jumped up furiously and shouted, 'What are you talking about? The Israelis weren't there then.'

The Palestinian representative smiled and said:

'And now that we have made that clear, I will begin my speech.'

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


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