Paris, 14 September 209
EFITA newsletter / 428 / European Federation for Information Technology in
Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Data Mining and Knowledge Management
The School of Computing, IT and Engineering of the University of East
London (UEL) has unanimously accepted our proposal for co-organising this
M.Sc.
Since applications of Data Mining and Knowledge Management (DM&KM) methodologies
comprise an important research area for agriculture, qualified candidates
are invited to apply directly to UEL. Dissertation research areas may include
significant applications of DM&KM in Agriculture, Forestry, Environment
and Food Technology. For more information please See: http://www.uel.ac.uk/
Contact: Elias PIMENIDIS
E-mail: e.pimenidis(a)uel.ac.uk
Efita 2009 (1)
I am having trouble opening papers in Section 18 - Portals and media -
(17-8-2009)
Could you take a look for me please?
Contact: Peter BALLANTYNE
Mél : peter.ballantyne(a)iaald.org
My answer: I corrected this section 18. It should be OK now.
See: http://www.efita.net/?d=6666
Efita 2009 (2)
All authors are invited to have a look at the efita.net web site to check
if there is something wrong!
Contact: Guy WAKSMAN
Mél : waksman(a)acta.asso.fr
The 8th International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control
Technologies: CCCT 2010
6 - 9 April 2010 - ORLANDO, Florida, USA
See: http://www.2010iiisconferences.org/CCCT
IAALD Congress
26 - 29 April 2010 – MONTPELLIER (FR)
Voir : http://iaald2010.agropolis.fr/conference/call-for-papers
I have a simple question that you may be able to answer easily: Are you
aware of any recently published study of the potential of ICT in agriculture
and agribusiness that is based on more than the personal insights and visions
of its author? I would appreciate any answer (A question raised by Dr. Rolf
A.E. Mueller in the efita newsletter dated 31 August 2009)
Seeing your request in the Efita newsletter I thought you might like to have
a glance at this report that was commissioned by the Dutch ministry of agriculture.
It describes the Dutch situation, but you might get something out of it.
See: http://www.efita.net?d=6699
Contact: Gert Jan HOFSTEDE
E-mail: gertjan.hofstede(a)wur.nl
CAP subsidy claims in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, there are 84000 applications in 2009 for CAP subsidies.
70 % is done via the so called eGDI service. (58000 applications)
Of these electronic applications 34 % are made via an intermediate (accounting
/ administration office) (20000 applications), the remaining part 26000 is
done with traditional paper based forms and maps.
The eGDI is a web page application by which the farmer can do his CAP application,
the annual agriculture statistic survey and the application for mineral -
livestock and manure N and P regulation. In one integrated session (a kind
of single window), the application contains a geographic section, for viewing
and geoediting crop parcels, and a text section for the numeric and text data
fields.
The eGDI application does online controls and checks to provide a valid and
sound CAP application send by the farmer. This reduces the number of faulty
or incomplete CAP applications.
Contact: Frans VAN DIEPEN
E-mail: f.van.diepen(a)minlnv.nl
CAP subsidy claims / Comparison FR / NL
|
|
FR |
NL |
||
| Number of applicants |
380000 |
|
84000 |
|
| ICT via an intermediate |
(?) 70000 |
18% |
20000 |
24% |
| ICT autonomous |
(?) 37000 |
|
38000 |
|
| Total "ICT" |
117000 |
31% |
58000 |
69% |
| Paper |
263000 |
69% |
26000 |
31% |
My question (GW): And in your country, what about the number / the proportion
of farmers using the Internet to transmit their CAP subsidy claims?
The many uses of mobiles (from ICT Update)
Over the years, ICT Update has covered the many ways in which mobile phones
are used to promote agricultural and rural development. The technology has
proven so useful that it is likely to remain a popular method of information
delivery for some time to come.
See: http://ictupdate.cta.int/en/Feature-Articles/The-many-uses-of-mobiles
Mobile banking services (from ICT Update)
In many ACP countries, mobile banking services have expanded rapidly,
giving millions of people in rural areas access to financial services without
the need to ever visit a bank.
http://ictupdate.cta.int/en/Feature-Articles/An-industry-in-development
International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems - ICROFS (former
DARCOF)
See: http://www.icrofs.org/
Counselling - southern style
Earl and Bubba are quietly sitting in a boat fishing, chewing tobacco and
drinking beer when suddenly Bubba says:
"I think I'm gonna divorce my wife - she ain't spoke to me in over 2
months."
Earl spits, sips his beer and says: "Better think it over... women like
that are hard to find."
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