Paris,
30 August 2010
EFITA newsletter / 476 - European Federation for Information Technology in
Agriculture, Food and the Environment
What's new, what's next in dynamic system modelling in agronomy?
7 September – PARIS
Already 65+ participants registered.
See: http://www.modelia.org/moodle/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=53
>>> Preliminary program
- Daniel Wallach (INRA, Toulouse). How to evaluate uncertainty in model predictions,
with examples?
- Lajpat Ahuja. Enhancing and Extending Field Research with Modelling of Agricultural
Systems, and International Collaboration for this Goal
- François Brun (ACTA). Modelling for decision support and modelling for impact
assessment. How do the modelling projects differ?
- Hélène Raynal (INRA, RECORD team.) Debate: what role for modelling and simulation
frameworks ?
- James W. Jones. Challenges of Modelling Cropping Systems Responses and Adaptation
to a Variable and Changing Climate.
- Debate topic: tradeoffs between complexity and functionality.
- Nicholas John Hutchings The future of agricultural modelling; opportunities
and dangers.
- Debate topic: How can we improve the performance of modelling projects?
- David Makowski (INRA, Grignon) . How to synthesize different types of knowledge
using models?
- Debate topic: Is it possible to falsify complex models?
- General conclusion
Contact: François BRUN
Mél : francois.brun(a)acta.asso.fr
Integrated Pest Management in Europe: The ENDURE Network of Excellence
shares the fruits of four years’ research with the crop protection community
24-25 November 2010 - PARIS
European Union Member States are currently working on the implementation of
the Framework Directive on the sustainable use of pesticides to make Integrated
Pest Management become a field reality by 2014. Major efforts in research
and development are called for to accompany this initiative and help mainstream
IPM.
ENDURE (Project number: 031499 – ENDURE -6th Framework Programme – Thematic
Priority 5 "FOOD and Quality and Safety") believes we can take advantage
of the diversity of experiences, tools and strategies across Europe and build
synergies to make crop protection more compatible with our new environmental
goals while maintaining our competitiveness.
That’s what ENDURE has been working on since 2007 and the international conference,
which is being organised by INRA, will provide the opportunity for the Network
of Excellence to share the fruits of four years’ research with the crop protection
community.
The event will provide farmers, advisers, policy makers, researchers and representatives
of the farm supply chain and food retail sectors across Europe with the opportunity
to better appreciate, critique, feed into and benefit from our research strategies
and outputs. It will also provide a preview of, and help us improve, the future
permanent European Research Group that will maintain, update and enrich the
resources made available by ENDURE.
No registration fees are being charged for this event, though registration
remains compulsory. Book your place now at: https://colloque.inra.fr/endure2010.
See: http://www.endure-network.eu
Contacts: Philippe DELVAL, Andrew LEWER
E-mail: philippe.delval(a)acta.asso.fr, andrew.lewer(a)cirad.fr
California PestCast: Disease Model Database
I discover this site which contains a lot of information about models developed
for crop and turf diseases in California. It is said that a model is included
in the database if it uses weather, host, and/or pathogen data to predict
risk of disease outbreak.
Similar databases have been established in France for research model or operational
model, but they are not public sources of information for the moment…
See: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/DISEASE/DATABASE/diseasemodeldatabase.html
Contact: François BRUN
Mél : francois.brun(a)acta.asso.fr
AGRIS: International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and
Technology
Search AGRIS - from 1975 to date
See: http://agris.fao.org/
Agriculture in Czech Republic in English
See: http://www.agris.cz/english/
Shall we go to Kelly's Restaurant the next time around???
* A group of 45-year-old guys discusses where they should meet for dinner.
Finally, they agree to meet at the Kelly's Restaurant because the waitresses
have low-cut blouses and nice breasts.
* 10 years later, at age 55, the group agrees to meet at Kelly's because the
food is good and the wine selection is excellent.
* 10 years later, at age 65, the group agrees to meet at Kelly's because they
can eat there in peace and quiet and the restaurant is smoke free.
* 10 years later, at age 75, the group agrees to meet at Kelly's because the
restaurant is wheel chair accessible and they have an elevator.
* 10 years later, at age 85, the group agrees to meet at Kelly's because they
have never been there before.
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