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Paris, 2 January
2012
EFITA newsletter / 547 - European Federation for
Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the
Environment
This year
Acta does not wish to continue
to support the edition and distribution of the efita newsletter. I hope to
be able to continue to edit and distribute this newsletter for a few years
with the support of a small company named vitisphere.com managed by a
friend of mine Michel REMONDAT, a company based in Montpellier (South of
France), a splendid city (!). If we find the financial resources
(sponsoring, advertising) to maintain and even develop this efita
newsletter, we will continue but if we fail to get enough supports, we
will stop.
Note that Acta supported the efita newsletter and web site
for more than 10 years.
Contact: Guy WAKSMAN
E-mail:
guy.waksman(a)gmail.com
AFITA 2012 - 8th Asian Conference
for Information Technology in Agriculture
3 – 6 September 2012 –
TAIPEI - TAIWAN
Major Topics of AFITA 2012:
- Rural economies and
ICT policies for rural development
- e-governance standards/metadata
and data standards in agriculture
- e-agribusiness and virtual
agri-markets
- Applications for agriculture and precision farming
- Agricultural Information System
- Decision Support Systems for
agriculture and agribusiness
- ICT applications in natural resources
management
- Agricultural Applications of Cloud & Service
Computing
- Remote Sensing and GIS applications
- Extension and
knowledge repository services
- Agricultural resources data banks and
data mining
- Weather prediction models for profitable agricultural
production
- Robotics in Agriculture
- Plant Factory
-
Agricultural Education & Training
- General or miscellaneous
topics
See: http://www.afita2012.tw/
Old
interesting project
It occurred to me that the past FARMSOFT
initiative which dissipated is now being revived in a discussion initiated
by Sjaak Wolfert - from a different platform and point of view:
http://www.agrixchange.org/knowledge/literature/research-fmis-and-standards
This
is the note I sent to Sjaak:
Regarding your newly initiated FMIS
discussion - its origin might be traced to our recent EFITA Conference
where some of your suggested discussion issues were raised in Jan Kruize's
presentation: "Supporting Precision Agriculture by Technology
Integration".
Of special interest was the emphasis he put on consulting
with farmers in characterizing FMISs e.g. for PA.
It would be
significant in this new discussion to focus on this point of initiation as
it seems to be missing in the "Worldwide overview of FMIS" report.
This
additional focus would include and evaluate FMIS details initiated by
farmers and their specific needs prior to the FMIS initiation and
development.
A uniquely significant addition would be a comparison
between this worldwide overview of FMIS related to the changes in the
perspectives and FMIS options reviewed in the EUNITA/EFITA sponsored
FARMSOFT - 1997 Agricultural Software Review Perspective
http://departments.agri.huji.ac.il/economics/gelb-farm-15.pdf
(A
past interesting project by definition)
To these insights could be
added a specifically interesting note on FMIS software programmed by
farmers themselves and sold by them as a commercial FMIS product
supplementing their agricultural production. Possibly they may be better
tailored to specific needs offered by the various commercial FMIS
vendors.
Note: Israeli farmers, and other farmers elsewhere, have
produced several such FMISs. They are now with several years of successful
experience behind them in Israel and other countries at different stages
of FMIS adoption.
The subject of Software inventory - FMIS included
- how the inventory developed, by whom, what is now available and some
efficiency indexes remains a very relevant concern - in all the various
worldwide environments.
As we found the cost of mistakes is very
high - in money, missed opportunities and a crippling waste of scarce
human capital.
Contact: Ehud GELB
E-mail:
gelb(a)agri.huji.ac.il
AGCO
AGCO's Advanced
Technology Solutions group incorporates all of the precision farming
technologies developed, manufactured, distributed and supported by AGCO
Corporation and its subsidiaries throughout the world.
See: http://www.agcotechnologies.com/
Food:
from farm to fork statistics
In this book you will find a summary
of the necessary processes for the food production. Plant production -
Animal Production - Food - Processing - Transportation - Prices - Quality
- Consumption with related data from Europe and information about Organic
Farming.
See: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-32-11-743/EN/KS-32-11-743-EN.PDF
Contact:
Elisabeth NINOU
E-mail: lisaninou(a)yahoo.com
Homologa,
first international database about MRLs and registrations of agrochemical
products in foodstuffs
- Approved plant protection products
-
New or expired plant protection products
- Maximum Residue levels
(Mrls) in foodstuff
- New or modified Mrls
- ADI- and Arfd
values
- Export-/import statistics of food and ornamentals
-
Registration-Status of active ingredients on EU-level
- Approved
parallel imports
See: http://www.homologa.com/
For
a friend … It is Christmas time, time for a gift
Written by
Andy Rooney , a man who has the gift of saying so much with so few words
…
I've learned.... That the best classroom in the world is at
the feet of an elderly person.
I've learned.... That when you're in
love, it shows.
I've learned.... That just one person saying to me,
'You've made my day!' makes my day.
I've learned.... That having a
child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the
world.
I've learned.... That being kind is more important than
being right.
I've learned.... That you should never say no to a
gift from a child.
I've learned.... That I can always pray for
someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other
way.
I've learned.... That no matter how serious your life requires
you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
I've
learned.... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a
heart to understand.
I've learned.... That simple walks with my
father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders
for me as an adult.
I've learned.... That life is like a roll of
toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it
goes.
I've learned... . That we should be glad God doesn't give us
everything we ask for.
I've learned.... That money doesn't buy
class.
I've learned.... That it's those small daily happenings that
make life so spectacular.
I've learned... That under everyone's
hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
I've
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facts.
I've learned.... That when you plan to get even with
someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt
you.
I've learned.... That love, not time, heals all
wounds.
I've learned.... That the easiest way for me to grow as a
person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
I've
learned.... That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a
smile.
I've learned.... That no one is perfect until you fall in
love with them.
I've learned... That life is tough, but I'm
tougher.
I've learned.... That opportunities are never lost;
someone will take the ones you miss.
I've learned.... That when you
harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
I've learned....
That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before
she passed away.
I've learned.... That one should keep his words
both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat
them.
I've learned.... That a smile is an inexpensive way to
improve your looks.
I've learned.... That when your newly born
grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked
for life.
I've learned.... That everyone wants to live on top of
the mountain, but all the happiness, and growth occurs while you're
climbing it.
I've learned .... That the less time I have to work
with, the more things I get done.
To all of you.... Make sure you
read all the way down to the last sentence.
It's
National Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care. Send this
to everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if it means sending it back to the
person who sent it to you. If it comes back to you, then you'll know you
have a circle of friends. HAPPY FRIENDSHIP WEEK TO YOU!!!!!!
YOU
ARE MY FRIEND, AND I AM HONORED!
Now send this to every friend you
have. And to your family. This was sent to me by a
friend.
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