Paris, 18 January 2010
EFITA newsletter / 445 / European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture,
Food and the Environment
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IAALD Congress – See you in the splendid city of MONTPELLIER where I studied
many years ago at the Agricultural University
26 - 29 April 2010 – MONTPELLIER (FR)
See: http://www.supagro.fr/web/?idl=20
See: http://iaald2010.agropolis.fr/conference/call-for-papers
We are preparing two papers for the above IAALD Congress. See you in Montpellier!
- Agricultural advisory services: Interactive Web TV for virtual meetings
addressing large audiences
- Decision Support System in French Agriculture: The need for information exchanges
between the Farm Information System and DSS.
Contact : Guy WAKSMAN
Email: waksman(a)acta-informatique.fr
Broadband Internet's Value for Rural America
Government policies that encourage deployment of broadband services have
broadened their availability in rural America. The 2008 Farm Act (Food, Conservation,
and Energy Act of 2008) reauthorized USDA’s telemedicine, distance learning,
and rural broadband access grant and loan programs. The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided $2.5 billion to USDA for loans and grants
to increase broadband provision in rural areas. As much as these funds address
the needs of unserved and underserved communities, rural broadband availability
will increase.
See: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR78/ERR78i.pdf
My remark (GW): It could be a good idea for the EU to do the same…
New engineering consultancy company in Australia
33 years after founding Farmscan in Australia Ole Hansen has applied his
knowledge and expertise and started a new engineering consultancy company, Design
Feats Pty Ltd. Focusing on developing complete solutions Design Feats will provide
comprehensive engineering consultancy, product design and project management.
The in-house expertise includes robotics, GIS, monitoring, control and management/collection
of data.
With more than 60 years of experience in-house in design, manufacture and marketing
of agricultural electronics, process control and robotics Design Feats has the
knowhow to develop product especially suited for harsh environments.
Design Feats provides free initial consultation and project proposal.
See: http://www.designfeats.com/
Contact : Ole HANSEN
E-mail: oleh(a)designfeats.com
What's in a name??
A man moves to a village in Wales and gets talking to an old man from the
village.
He asks the old man what his name is, but the old man gets very irate at this
point and says:
"See that line of houses over there? I built them all, but do they call
me Jones the house builder? Do they hell!"
"See those railway lines over there? I laid them all, but do they call
me Jones the engineer? Do they hell!"
"See those bridges over that river? I built them all, but do they call
me Jones the bridge builder? Do they hell!"
"But, a long long time ago ... I f*cked ONE sheep... "
Contact: Mick HARKIN
E-mail: harkin(a)iol.ie
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