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PROGIS at CEBIT - the No. 1 event for the digital world
5 – 9 March 2013 – HANNOVER
- WinGIS: The easy to use, powerful and efficient all-in-one GISsolution for your PC.
- WinGISSDK: The developer tools for database application developers – integrate a full GIS including online geo-data into your application and visualize your data.
- WinGIS Mobile: Apps for Windows Phone.
- Bing Maps: Newest 30 cm ortho-images fromMicrosoft – in high resolution for Western Europe and US – integrated into all PROGIS products. Other countries are done in common projects.
We are searching for: DISTRIBUTORS and COOPERATION PARTNERS
See: http://www.progis.com/shop
See: http://www.cebit.de/
E-Mail: office(a)progis.com


Workshop on UAV-based Remote Sensing Methods for Monitoring Vegetation
9-10 September 2013 – COLOGNE
The focus is clearly on UAV-based crop monitoring.
See: http://www.tr32db.de/workshop3013
See: http://www.geographie.uni-koeln.de/gis
Contact: Prof. Dr. Georg BARETH
E-mail: g.bareth(a)uni-koeln.de


Agritechnica 2013 – Excellent stand booking figures: Over 2,700 exhibitors expected
12 – 16 November - HANNOVER
Excellent stand booking figures by manufacturers from all over the world are emerging for the world’s largest exhibition for agricultural machinery and equipment – Agritechnica 2013 – to be held in November this year. Registration figures to date paint a clear picture. Numbers are ten percent up on the figures for the comparable period before the last event in 2011. More
Contact : Conlong, MALENE
E-mail: m.conlong(a)dlg.org


European Landslide Susceptibility Map (Version 1 available for download)
This newly available raster map, called ELSUS1000, shows levels of spatial probability of landslide occurrence in EU member states and neighbouring countries at 1 km resolution. The map has been derived through spatial multicriteria evaluation based modelling using pan-European datasets on slope angle, lithology, and land cover, along with over 100,000 landslide locations. It has been produced jointly by BGR, JRC, CNRS-EOST and CNR-IRPI, and is freely available from the European Soil Portal together with a number of ancillary spatial datasets.
See: http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/library/themes/Landslides/index.html#ELSUS
Contact: Panos PANAGOS
E-mail : panos.panagos(a)jrc.ec.europa.eu


Newsletter No 50 (February 2013) - European Soil Portal
See: http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/utilities/newsletter/201302.pdf
Contact: Panos PANAGOS
E-mail : panos.panagos(a)jrc.ec.europa.eu


CALL FOR PAPERS - Special Issue of the international journal “Food Chain” focusing on Contract Farming
Contract farming is an important way to coordinate linkages between farmers and agribusiness, and has the potential for increasing the integration of smallholders into value chains. How can farmers be assisted with legal advice and dealing with the paperwork? How can trust be built and incentives created for honoring contracts on both sides?
Organized by Carlos A. da Silva (FAO) and Andrew Shepherd (CTA), this special edition will cover the conceptual, legal, empirical, policy and impact issues associated with contract farming.
You are welcome to submit papers for consideration to Peter Fellows (Editor: pfellows@btinternet.com).
- Short abstracts (100 words) discussing your idea for an article are also welcome: please contact Peter Fellows or Clare Tawney (Managing Editor, clare.tawney@practicalaction.org.uk)
- Deadline for paper submission: July 1st 2013
- Publication of the Special Edition: November, 2013.
- Instructions for authors: http://practicalaction.org/publishing/foodchain
Information provided by Carlos A. DA SILVA
E-mail: carlos.dasilva(a)fao.org


FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System
The FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System is a pioneering information retrieval tool which groups the organization's vast archive of information on its global activities in agriculture and development in a single area and catalogues it exclusively by country.
The system offers decision-makers around the world a fast and reliable way to access country-specific information without the need to search individual databases and systems. It gives added-value to FAO's vast amount of information by providing an easy-to-use interface with particular emphasis on interactive maps and graphics.
The site uses two distinct categories to group information based on FAO's areas of expertise; natural resources, economics, agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, forestry, and technical cooperation. This is based on FAO's corporate structure at its headquarters in Rome; and by Global issues ranging from biotechnology to climate change and food security.
This unique corporate effort, encompassing all of FAO's departments and areas of expertise, recognizes that the accurate delivery of material in a timely and easy-to-use format is crucial if the lives of the world's poor and hungry are to be changed for the better.
See: http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/default/en/
Contact: Kafkas CAPRAZLI
E-mail: kafkas.caprazli(a)fao.org


Rising Concentration in Agricultural Input Industries Influences New Farm Technologies...
- Concentration in several global agricultural input industries has risen significantly; by 2009, the largest four firms in the crop seed, agricultural chemical, animal health, animal genetics/breeding, and farm machinery sectors accounted for more than 50 percent of global market sales in each sector.
- Factors influencing changes in market structure and concentration vary by industry and include market forces, the emergence of new technologies, and government policies.
- The largest agricultural input firms are responsible for a large and growing share of global agricultural research and development (R&D), and higher input prices paid by farmers partially reflect the higher quality of inputs created through private-sector R&D.
See: http://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2012-december/rising-concentration-in-agricultural-input-industries-influences-new-technologies.aspx



Holy humor
During these serious and troubled times, people of all faiths should remember these four great religious truths:

1. Muslims do not recognize Jews as God's Chosen People.

2. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.

3. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian world.

4. Baptists do not recognize each other at the liquor store.


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