Paris,
10 August 2009
EFITA newsletter / 423 / European Federation for Information Technology in
Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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8th New Ag International Conference & Exhibition
24 - 26 March 2010 - MIAMI
Conference topics will include technical and market developments in Specialty
Plant Nutrition, Irrigation, Biological Plant Protection and Greenhouse technology
with a focus on some topics such as:
- The Biostimulants: do they get all the attention they deserve from the academic
research circles?
- The Biocontrol Industry capabilities of supplying a growing demand for its
products.
- How to further accelerate the installation of sprinkler, microirrigation
and fertigation systems.
- The future of Greenhouse cropping in the Americas.
See: http://www.newaginternational.com/miami/2010papers.pdf
Journal of Information Technology in Agriculture
See: http://www.jitag.org/
International network of organizations for IT in Agriculture (INFITA)
See: http://www.infita.org/
Mueller: Total concept in milk cooling
See: http://www.muellerbv.com
Plant Research International
See: http://www.pri.wur.nl/UK/
Green Knowledge Cooperative
See: http://www.gkc.nl
See: http://www.agrodis.nl
Agricultural Learning Repositories Taskforce
See: http://aglr.aua.gr
Eldis: Livelihoods Connect (from ICT Update)
Livelihoods Connect aims to provide researchers, policy makers and development
practitioners with up-to-date, diverse and credible information on the application
of livelihoods approaches to development, research, policy and practice. These
information resources cover a range of frameworks, principles and methodologies
covered by the term ´livelihoods approaches´ – principally multi-disciplinary,
multi-level, people-centred, asset-based approaches to development.
See: http://www.eldis.org/index.cfm?objectid=42B0EF43-E4B7-FB32-9CE720C904CB143A
FAO: Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI)
The increasing demand for animal protein in low- and middle-income countries
provides an opportunity for the rural poor to improve their livelihoods. However,
the nature of livestock farming is determined by policy and institutional
frameworks that rarely favour of the poor. Therefore, in 2001, the Food and
Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations launched the Pro-Poor
Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI) to facilitate and support the formulation
and implementation of livestock-related policies and institutional changes
that have a positive impact on the world's poor. To achieve this goal, the
Initiative combines stakeholder engagement with research and analysis, information
dissemination, and capacity strengthening.
See: http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/pplpi/about.html
Syngenta to boost pollinators across Europe (From Crop Protection Monthly)
Syngenta has set up a five year €1 million programme to provide essential
habitat and food sources for pollinating insects across Europe. ‘Operation
Pollinator’ aims to boost the numbers of native pollinating insects across
seven European countries, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, the UK, Portugal
and Hungary.
See: http://www.operationpollinator.com
See: http://www.crop-protection-monthly.co.uk/samples.htm
See: http://www.crop-protection-monthly.co.uk/latest.htm
The Barber
A guy sticks his head in the barber shop and asks, "How long before
I can get a haircut?".
The barber looks around the shop and says, "About two hours."
The guy leaves. A few days later, the same guy sticks his head in the door
and asks, "How long before I get a haircut?" The barber looks around
the shop full of customers and says, "About two hours."
The guy leaves. A week later, the same guy sticks his head in the shop and
asks, "How long before I can get a haircut?" The barber looks around
the shop an says, "About an hour and half."
The guy leaves. The barber looks over at a friend in the shop and says, "Hey
Bill, follow that guy and see where he goes."
In a little while, Bill comes back into the shop laughing hysterically. The
barber asks, "Bill, where did he go when he left here?" Bill looked
up and said, "To your house."
Contact: Hubert OMONT
E-mail: hubert.omont(a)cirad.fr
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