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Châtenay-Malabry (FR
- 92290), 22 October 2012
EFITA newsletter / 581 - European Federation for Information Technology
in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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The archives of this newsletter
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Mapping smart specialization: Do rural regions count?
28 November – PARIS
See: http://www.ersa.org/events/ersa-workshops/
Contacts: Frédéric WALLET - Richard KELLY
E-mail:- wallet(a)agroparistech.fr , richard.kelly(a)ersa.org
PhD Position ‘Complex Adaptive Systems - Farmer Innovation Networks’
at Wageningen University
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Remembering Your First Computer Is For Old People
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PhD Position ‘Complex Adaptive Systems - Farmer Innovation Networks’
at Wageningen University
See http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/WUR/vacancy/15794/lang/en/
Contact: Gert Jan HOFSTEDE
E-mail: Gertjan.Hofstede(a)wur.nl
Technologies and practices for small agricultural producers
Technologies and practices for small agricultural producers or TECA
is an effective platform to facilitate exactly this kind of knowledge
exchange. TECA is an initiative of the Office of Knowledge Exchange, Research
and Extension (OEKR) of FAO that offers a well managed information system
for documenting and sharing technologies for agriculture in English, French
and Spanish. TECA is not only a knowledge base of applied technologies
and practices for agriculture, apiculture, fisheries, natural resource
management, agricultural mechanization, post-harvest handling and marketing.
It also offers different web-based communication tools such as exchange
groups, forums and the ability to question and comment on technologies.
In TECAs online forums, the Beekeeping Exchange Group and the Farmer Innovation
Exchange Group, users share news and upcoming events on their thematic
interest. Experts, university students, local NGO staff, extension workers
and other interested users engage in moderated discussions about the pressing
issues, such as counterfeited agro inputs, difficulties with market access
or pest control for crops such as using wood ash to control aphids on
tomato plants. This way, relevant information and advice reaches those
working in the field and ultimately small producers, enabling them to
adapt better.
The technologies and practices are provided by TECA’s partners. TECA partners
include the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
Network (WOCAT), the Grameen Foundation of Uganda, Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), International Potato Center (CIP), National Agricultural
Research Center (NARO), Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
(CTA), the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan and South Asia
Pro Poor Livestock Policy Programme (SA PPLPP) and FAO Technical Divisions.
See: http://teca.fao.org
Contact: Molly HARAGAN
E-mail: teca(a)fao.org
Resource efficiency will be even more crucial for the food industry
in the coming year as it fights to prevent production costs from being
passed on to consumers…
See: http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Supply-Chain/Resource-efficiency-set-to-rise-in-prominence
You can live in Phoenix, Arizona where... (the complete tour of the
USA)
1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You've experienced condensation on your hiney from the hot water in
the toilet bowl.
3. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
4. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
5. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in
the face when you open your oven door.
6. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING
ME??!!
OR
You can live in California where...
1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
3. You know how to eat an artichoke.
4. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
5. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long
it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.
6. The 4 seasons are: Fire, Flood, Mud, and Drought.
OR
You can live in New York City where...
1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
2. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus
Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
3. You think Central Park is "nature."
4. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language
makes you multi-lingual.
5. You've worn out a car horn. (Ed. Note if you have a car).
6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.
OR
You can live in Minnesota where...
1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
3. You have more than one recipe for casserole.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.
OR
You can live in the Deep South where...
1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
2. "Y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.
3. "He needed killin" is a valid defense.
4. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Ellen, Betty
Jean, Mary Beth, etc., etc.
5. Everything is either "in yonder," "over yonder"
or "out yonder." It's important to know the difference, too.
OR
You can live in Colorado where...
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home, and so he
stops at the day care center.
3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.
OR
You can live in the Midwest where...
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on
the same day.
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It
was different!"
OR
FINALLY You can live in Florida where...
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you often appear to be driven by headless people.
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