Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 26 March 2012


EFITA newsletter / 558 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


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Contact: Edward LANIN
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Open Agriculture Data WG
I would like invite all, who are interested in in Open Data Access for Agriculture to contact me. We are planning to build voluntary group to support Open Data Access for Agriculture.
Contact: Karel CHARVAT
E-mail: charvat(a)wirelessinfo.cz


Worl Meat Congress
5 - 6 June - PARIS
See: http://www.worldmeatcongress2012.com/
EN/events.php?IDManif=605&IDModule=71&IDRub=104


First draft of the SmartAgriMatics programme
13 - 14 June 2012 - PARIS
See: http://www.smartagrimatics.eu/ConferenceInformation/Program.aspx


AFITA 2012
3 - 6 September - TIANMU Convention Center
See: http://www.afita.org


Next European Conference on Precision Agriculture (ECPA)
7 - 11 July 2013 - LLEIDA (ES)
ECPA topics deal with soil and crop sensors; remote sensing; spatial variability and mapping; variable-rate technologies; GPS, guidance and machinery; Robotics and new technologies; Management, modelling and decision support systems; Precision crop protection; Precision fructiculture / viticulture/ citriculture / oliviculture and horticulture in general; precision irrigation; Economics and sustainability of precision agriculture; Emerging issues in agriculture (energy, life cycle analysis, carbon and water footprint, etc.); adoption of precision agriculture and Education and training in precision agriculture.
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Lleida in July 2013!
Ens veiem a Lleida el juliol de 2013!
Nos vemos en Lleida en julio de 2013!
See: http://www.ecpa2013.udl.cat/first_call.html for the first call for papers
See: http://www.ecpa2013.udl.cat for detailed information on the conference
Contact: Alexandre ESCOLA
E-mail: aescola(a)eagrof.udl.cat


Report: Widespread Adoption of Mobile Financial Services Can Lead to Significant Government Savings
- Enabling widespread adoption of mobile financial services can deliver efficiencies worth billions in government savings
- Report highlights government as key enabler to unlock growth of mobile financial services
See: http://www.weforum.org/mfs
See: http://www.weforum.org/NR_MFS2012


ForumPhyto InfoFlash for English Readers 1202
- Benefits and risks of exotic biological control agents
- Hygiene report (EFSA) (for members only: id+Password required)
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM): choices, vision, support
- Do Europeans get enough Fruit and vegetable?
- To read: Food Safety: Contaminants and Toxins, J P F D’Mello, Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, UK, April 2003, 480 Pages
- Private: GM Apple trees (list of links) (for members only : id+Password required)
- To smile : Random medical news
See: http://www.forumphyto.fr/2012/03/19/infoflash-for-english-readers-1202/


VOA3R / FAO
The on-going cooperation between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)-AGRIS initiative and the European Union project VOA3R enriches their archives and extends their functional reach. While for its sustainability VOA3R requires the historical and global continuity that only a long-running international organization can provide, AGRIS also benefits from VOA3R’s integrated, open access services and academic orientation that play a role in enlarging AGRIS’ network with new research institutions and quality content.

The AGRIS initiative was organized by FAO in 1975 to foster shared access to agricultural science and technology information. With the participation of more than 100 countries, AGRIS collects bibliographic references as a global public good. The rise of the Internet has permitted decentralization and a refocusing of AGRIS as the brand name for a network of centres that organize and promote the exchange of agricultural science and technology information through the use of common standards and methodologies.

VOA3R is a three year EC-funded pilot project that has provided an advanced community-focused integrated service for the retrieval of open access content. Its powerful and user-friendly combination of services has attracted a network of academic institutions looking for new ways to distribute content while also taking advantage of web 2.0 features such as social media.

AGRIS will continue to benefit from VOA3R’s integrated services and growing federation of open archives while VOA3R gains the support and sustainability that affiliation with a United Nations special agency provides. Together, these archives covering agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, aquatic sciences, fisheries and nutrition will keep playing a historically important role; that of providing access to researchers, practitioners and policy makers of not only scholarly articles but also unique grey literature such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers and government publications.
See: http://voa3r.org


What is Resource Description Framework (RDF)? (AIMS Newsletter)
It is a W3C standard, and is the foundation of several technologies for modelling distributed knowledge. RDF is meant to be used as the basis of the Semantic Web.

>>> About RDF
> W3C - RDF http://www.w3.org/RDF/

> w3schools on RDF http://www.w3schools.com/rdf/rdf_intro.asp

> www.rdf.com http://www.rdfabout.com

>>> RDF & AIMS

> AgriDrupal http://aims.fao.org/tools/agridrupal/background

> AGROVOC http://aims.fao.org/standards/agrovoc/linked-open-data

> OpenAGRIS http://aims.fao.org/news/new-agris-rdf-records-2005-2011

> Linked Data http://aims.fao.org/advice/linked-data

> LODE-BD http://aims.fao.org/standards/lode-bd


I have always avoided the ice cubes … don’t worry for me !!!

WATCH OUT …

To everyone who is taking good care of one’s health!

A European study has found that:

- Vodka + Ice cubes = Damage the Heart

- Rhum + Ice cubes = Damage the Liver!

- Pastis + Ice cubes = Damage the Brains !

- Whisky + Ice cubes = Damage the Kidneys !

It would seem that these damned Ice Cubes … are very bad for everything.


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