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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 18 February 2013


EFITA newsletter / 596 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


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Jean-Pierre CHANET (IRSTEA ex. CEMAGREF), new president of AFIA elected the 6 th of February 2013
Contact : Jean-Pierre CHANET
E-mail: jean-pierre.chanet(a)irstea.fr


Adam and Eve
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jId3a1-oTns


GRUNDTVIG LABORATORY: citizens of mountainous regions and technophobia
10-16 June 2013 - ATHENS.
The Informatics Laboratory of the Agricultural University of Athens is organizing this one week's GRUNDTVIG LABORATORY.

Details on the LABORATORY's programme and registration…
See: http://grundtvig.aua.gr/

All expenses (travelling, accommodation and food) will be fully covered by the organizers. The participants will attend the programme, they will be accommodated in single rooms of a good hotel close to our University and they will have their free lunches and dinners at the University. As soon as they will be formally selected, they have to book their flight to come in Athens at 10 of June and leave 16 of June, 2013.
The GRUNDTVIG LABORATORY can be attended by any adult, provided that he/she speaks English and he/she would like to fight his/her computer illiteracy or to contribute in fighting technophobia on computers. Applicants living in
rural and/or mountainous areas have priority for participation. Interested persons are kindly asked to be registered by filling in the electronic form provided in the site above (one form for each applicant). The deadline for submitting applications is Mars the 20th, 2013. The successful applicants will be selected by the Grundtvig Laboratory organizing Committee and will be informed by Mars the 22nd. The selection of participants is based on Grundtvig Laboratories criteria
See: http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/grundtvig_en.htm


EU Agriculture Briefing: Long-term Budget, CAP Reform Demands MEPs & Ban Insecticides
See: http://www.vieuws.eu/brussels-briefings/brussels-briefing-on-agriculture-february-2013/


USDA Reports Synthesize Literature on Climate Change Effects and Adaptation Strategies for U.S. Agriculture and Forests
See: http://www.usda.gov/oce/climate_change/effects.htm


AgriXchange final SRA
See: http://www.slideshare.net/kcharvat/d52-agri-xchange-final-srafinal
See: http://www.agrixchange.eu/sites/default/files/D5.2%20agriXchange_Final%20SRA_FINAL.pdf


Open Call to Innovators: Apply to present at G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture
29-30 April 2013 - Washington, D.C.

At the 2012 G-8 Summit, G-8 leaders committed to the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, the next phase of a shared commitment to achieving global food security.

As part of this commitment, they agreed to “share relevant agricultural data available from G-8 countries with African partners and convene an international conference on Open Data for Agriculture, to develop options for the establishment of a global platform to make reliable agricultural and related information available to African farmers, researchers and policymakers, taking into account existing agricultural data systems [2]".

>>> Conference Goal
Obtain commitment and action from nations and relevant stakeholders to promote policies and invest in projects that open access to publicly funded global agriculturally relevant data streams, making such data readily accessible to users in Africa and world-wide, and ultimately supporting a sustainable increase in food security in developed and developing countries.

>>> Call for ideas
Are you interested in addressing global challenges, such as food security, by providing open access to information? Would you like the opportunity to present to leaders from around the world?

As part of the conference, innovators have the chance to showcase innovative uses of open data for food security in a lightning presentation or in the exhibit hall. This call for ideas is a chance to demonstrate the potential that open data can have in ensuring food security, and can inform an unprecedented global collaboration.
Visit data.gov to see what agricultural data is already available and connect to other G-8 open data sites!

The conference looks for top innovators to show the world what can be done with open data through:
* Lightning Presentations: brief (3-5 minute), image rich presentations intended to convey an idea
* Exhibit Hall: an opportunity to convey an idea through an image-rich exhibit.

Presentations should inspire others to share their data or imagine how open data could be used to increase food security. Presentations may include existing, new, or proposed applications of open data and should meet one or more of the following criteria:
* Demonstrate the impact of open data on food security.
* Demonstrate the impact of access to agriculturally-relevant data on developed and/or developing countries.
* Demonstrate the impact of bringing multiple sources of agriculturally-relevant public and/or private open data together (think about the creation of an agriculture equivalent of weather.com)

Proposals should identify which data is needed that is publicly available, for free, on the internet. Proposals must also include a design of the application including relevance to the target audience and plans for beta testing. A successful prototype will be mobile, interactive, and scalable.
Proposals to showcase existing products or pitch new ideas will be reviewed by a global panel of technical experts from the G-8 countries.

See: https://sites.google.com/site/g8opendataconference/home

[1] http://aims.fao.org/community/announcements/blogs/open-call-innovators-apply-present-g-8-international-conference-open-d
[2] http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/05/18/fact-sheet-g-8-action-food-security-and-nutrition

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Embarassing
A guy asked a girl in a university library: "Do you mind if I sit beside you?”

The girl replied with a loud voice: "I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH YOU!"

All the students in the library started staring at the guy; he was truly embarrassed. After a couple of minutes, the girl walked quietly to the guy's table and said: "I study psychology, and I know what a man is thinking. I guess you felt embarrassed, right?”

The guy then responded with a loud voice: “$500 FOR ONE NIGHT? THAT'S TOO MUCH!”

All the people in the library looked at the girl in shock. The guy whispered in her ear: "I study law, and I know how to screw people".


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