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Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes... an Anatomy of Wit
Mick Harkin, ex Secretary of EFITA, who has kept us amused with his Friday Jokes over the years, has published a book on Amazon entitled "Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes... an Anatomy of Wit".
See: http://www.jokesquotesandanecdotes.com
Contact: Mick HARKIN
E-mail: harkin(a)iol.ie


Job offer: Java EE Developer – Designer of expert software (REF.: DevJAVA_2013.07.16)
Contract details: permanent contract, executive level, several positions based in Montpellier.
Salary: 30 to 40 k€ gross/annum, in function of your academic level and experience.
As part of its diversity policy, and in compliance with legal requirements, the company welcomes applications from people with a disability.

>>> Environment
ITK develops and markets expert software for agriculture. Our tools combine know-how derived from agricultural research (crop simulation models, disease development, and artificial intelligence tools) with the pragmatism required to manage a farm.
ITK is a medium-sized SME based in the South of France (Montpellier) and is assisted by Oséo Innovation in its R&D, which is recognized as highly innovative.

>>> Originality of the company
The company builds its expertise on highly qualified employees (engineers and PhD level) all of them (30) are under permanent contract. The company’s activity is centered on two principal areas, agricultural modeling and IT allowing collective technological emulation.
In view of the complexity of the systems, each set of problems demands the use of software that has taken several years to develop. The interaction with the different players in each project – agronomists, developers, clients, farmers, research partners – represents a considerable challenge and is supported by the use of methods based on an agile approach (scrum).
Each employee has a high degree of independence and freedom in terms of organizing his or her own work.

>>> Mission
As part of a team of computer engineers and agronomists, you will be participating in the design and development of decision support systems (DSS) for agriculture. These full WEB DSS, distributed in SaaS mode, assist farmers in their production approach to ensure quantity and quality of their products, taking into account climatic and regulatory developments.
JAVA EE DEVELOPER – DESIGNER of expert software
You will use your technical competencies in the development of our applications within a context of high technological innovation, you will be integrated in a team of developers using the Scrum methodology and you will take part in discussions held by the IT college.

>>> Profile
You have a Master degree or a PhD in computer engineering with experience in the development of web software and you are highly motivated to write software.
Technical requirements:
You have excellent skills in Java EE technologies and SQL databases.
You are able and motivated to become an expert in the technologies and environments used within the company (GWT, XHTML/CSS, Tomcat, Web Services, Spring, Maven, Hibernate, Drools, JUnit and the Unix environment).
Your experience in the development of mobile applications, particularly Android, would be an asset.
Ideally, you are able to work in an autonomous and independent way in the implementation of your tasks. You are an excellent team player and communicate easily with your colleagues, and you have a service oriented personality.
You have working level language skills in English and French. The knowledge of other languages would be an asset.
See: http://www.itkweb.com
Contact: DRH – ITK
E-mail: recrutement(a)itkweb.com


Job offer: Agronomist – Crop modeler (Ref.: Model_2013.07.15)
Contract details: Permanent contract, executive level, several positions based in Montpellier.
Salary: 30 to 40 k€ gross/annum, in function of your academic level and experience.
As part of its diversity policy, and in compliance with legal requirements, the company welcomes applications from people with a disability.

>>> Environment
ITK develops and markets expert software for agriculture. Our tools combine know-how derived from agricultural research (crop simulation models, disease development, and artificial intelligence tools) with the pragmatism required to manage a farm.
ITK is a medium-sized SME based in the South of France (Montpellier) and is assisted by Oséo Innovation in its R&D, which is recognized as highly innovative.

>>> Originality of the company
The company builds its expertise on highly qualified employees (engineers and PhD level) all of them (30) are under permanent contract. The company’s activity is centered on two principal areas, agricultural modeling and IT allowing collective technological emulation.
In view of the complexity of the systems, each set of problems demands the use of software that has taken several years to develop. The interaction with the different players in each project – agronomists, developers, clients, farmers, research partners – represents a considerable challenge and is supported by the use of methods based on an agile approach (scrum).
Each employee has a high degree of independence and freedom in terms of organizing his or her own work.

>>> Mission
As part of a team of computer engineers and agronomists, you will be participating in the design and development of decision support systems (DSS) for agriculture. These full WEB DSS, distributed in SaaS mode, assist farmers in their production approach to ensure quantity and quality of their products, taking into account climatic and regulatory developments.
You will model complex biological systems applied to agriculture and will intervene at different levels of the modeling process: creation of the conceptual model, scientific coding, validation and optimization of the model, in compliance with end user needs.

>>> Profile
You have a Master’s Degree or preferably a PhD degree in agronomy or biology, and you have a first experience in plant or pest modeling.
You have a scientific profile and are rigorous, and are able to work in an independent way.
You are also an excellent team player and happy to work with people of your own discipline as well as professionals from other fields (IT, farmers, consultants…).
You are skilled in mechanistic modeling of complex biological systems (plants, pests, populations…) and development of simulation tools. You easily use R or Matlab tools and integrate best programming practices that are defined by the team.
As you are able to understand the constraints of our end users, you are willing to develop innovative tools adapted to their real needs.
Ideally, you already have acquired some experience in the creation and development of software as well as a good knowledge of the development cycle and methods (UML). An asset would be the knowledge of programming languages as JAVA, C, C++…
You have working level language skills in English and French. The knowledge of other languages would be an asset.
See: http://www.itkweb.com
Contact: DRH – ITK
E-mail: recrutement(a)itkweb.com


2500 downloads of ICT for Agriculture book
Already 2500 people downloaded book ICT for Agriculture. Where we are? Where we will go? You can download free the book on http://www.ccss.cz/books/ict_agr/ICT_for_Agriculture.pdf.
Other successful free book form our edition is SDI, Communities and Social Media.
See: http://www.ccss.cz/books/sdi_social/SDI_Communities_and_Social_Media.pdf


Fresh produce inspection software
Lotpath Quality is a web-based app for managing produce inspection data. Lotpath Inspector is an iPad app for performing inspections and capturing photos. Lotpath Inspector is available on the Apple App Store.
See: http://www.lotpath.com


ForumPhyto
- India school deaths highlight need to phase out toxic pesticides (FAO, UN agency)
- A guide to Citizen Science
- QS and DFHV report on pesticides residues in fruit & vegetables
- New site supports French National Action Plan
- Private (Id + Password): Sprouts (links)
- Private (Id + Password): Counterfeit pesticides : a specialized Internet site
- To smile: Super sprowtz rap (video clip)
- To smile : iceberg, iceberg a head!
See: http://www.forumphyto.fr/2013/07/31/english-infoflash-for-english-readers-1301/?lang=en


International Year of Family Farming 2014
See: http://www.familyfarmingcampaign.net/Default.asp?id=en

How about some German humour for a change? Little Hans…

Manfred and his wife Veronika give birth to their only son Hans.. Their joy turns to concern as time passes and little Hans does not utter a single word. Doctors and medical gurus are consulted but to no avail.

Manfred and Veronika despair.

On his fourth birthday Veronoka cooks Hans's favourite meal - dumplings.

Hans tastes the dumplings, frowns and speaks:

"Mother, these dumplings are overcooked!"

Veronika is stunned ... delirious with joy... calls Manfred and relates what has happened.

Manfred is confounded: "Son" he says, "Why did you not say something over the last four years until just now?"

Hans replies: "Until just now everything has been satisfactory."

Contact: Mick HARKIN
E-mail: harkin(a)iol.ie


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