Paris, 6 July 2009
EFITA newsletter / 420 / European Federation for Information Technology in
Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Archives of the efita newsletter for the first semester 2009
Voir : http://www.efita.net?d=6475
4th International European Forum for System Dynamics and Innovation in
Food Networks
8-12 February 2010 – IGLS / INNSBRUCK
See: http://www.fooddynamics.org
Int. Centre for Food Chain and Network research
See: http://www.foodnetcenter.uni-bonn.de
Climate change: Interviews by ACTA Informatique at a recent UK-FR seminar
organised by APCA in Paris
- Owen YEATMAN - National Farmer Union
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuuel9JoIvY
- Jeremy EPPEL - Food and Farming Group - DEFRA
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riRMPBNEaSk
- John Gilliland – Rural Climate Change Forum
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU8oHFKhGw0
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2009-2018
Excellent report for whoever wants to understand the basics in Ag production,
the facts, the past 50 years' crop yield growth, the projected trends, etc.
and how one may want to feed or not the projected 9 Billions human population
on our "Home". Annual yield improvement will need to get higher
faster.
See: http://www.oecd.org/pages/0,3417,en_36774715_36775671_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
Nutri-Net™, Haifa’s web software for planning of crop fertilization programs,
is nowavailable with a new feature: choice between easy-to-use and extended
operation levels
Haifa Nutri-Net™ web software is a powerful tool, designed to help growers
to plan irrigation schemes and Nutrigation™ (fertigation) programs. The nutritional
programs generated by the Nutri-Net™ software take into account specific crop
requirements and all growth conditions, thus, optimizing water supply and
nutrient application. Data processing by Haifa Nutri-Net™ considers the parameters
of crop mineral requirements, yield levels, growth environment, soil characteristics,
climate conditions and irrigation regimes.
The Nutri-Net™ software, initially introduced on 2003, is available on the
Internet for free use by growers, consultants and others. Recently, Haifa
has introduced a new development to the software.
The updated version of the Nutri-Net™ enables a choice between two levels
of operation, namely Primary and Advanced.
The Primary level of the software requires simple data input of the expected
yield, and soil type only.
After entering these details and indicating the irrigation method in use,
the complete Nutrigation™ program is a few mouse-clicks far.
Users who seek for highly fine-tuned Nutrigation™ programs may turn to the
Advanced level of the software that considers the entire scope of growth conditions
and soil parameters.
At both levels, data processing by Haifa Nutri-Net™ leans on comprehensive
databases of crop nutrition, irrigation, soils and climates. The software
can take care of a variety of 80 different vegetables, fruit-trees, and field
crops.
See: http://www.haifa-nutrinet.com
Contact: Yoav RONEN
E-mail: yoav(a)haifachem.com
How Can Agricultural Extension Best Harness ICTs to Improve Rural Livelihoods?
(from ICT Update)
Various forces are at work to change agricultural extension from a process
of technology transfer (research institution to farmer) to a process of facilitating
a wide range of communication, information, and advocacy services (demand-driven,
pluralistic and decentralized extension).
See: http://departments.agri.huji.ac.il/economics/gelb-how-11.pdf
Solomon Islands Smallholder Agriculture Study (from ICT Update)
Eighty-four per cent of people in Solomon Islands live in rural areas. The
vast majority of these people derive their livelihoods from subsistence agriculture
and small-scale income generating activities, particularly export cash cropping
and fresh produce marketing. These five volumes document the development of
recommendations for agricultural interventions supporting subsistence agriculture
and income-generating activities for rural communities in Solomon Islands.
See: http://www.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pubout.cfm?ID=4088_5412_1071_6193_2813
Innovative Farmer Advisory Systems (from ICT Update)
This Inventory of Innovative Farmer Advisory Services (66 pages) is the result
of an online consultation with the FARA Regional Agricultural Information
& Learning System (RAILS) held during the month of October 2008 + desk
study. It is an attempt to document all known innovative farmer advisory services
or systems, currently in design, in existence or recently completed in Africa.
For the past 10 years, there has been a remarkable progress in the use of
ICT in African agriculture, especially in the area of farmers´ access to market
information. Various projects have been developed that integrate ICTs into
the dissemination of agricultural information to farmers. Farmers Information
Services at both the national and regional level are a promising new field
of research and application in the emerging field of eAgriculture.
See: http://www.iicd.org/files/Innovative-Farmer-Advisory-Systems-Feb09.pdf
Puns for educated minds
1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He
acquired his size from too much pi.
2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to
be an optical Aleutian.
3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.
4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was
a weapon of math disruption.
5. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
6. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
7. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
8. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
9. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into
it.
11. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
12. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the
other: 'You stay here; I'll go on a head.'
13. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
14. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.'
15. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at
large.
16. The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
17. A backward poet writes inverse.
18. In a democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count
that votes.
19. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.
Contact: I. KITRON
E-mail: kitron1(a)terra.com.br
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