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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 14 October 2013


EFITA newsletter / 622 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


Medication!
I am a retired Professor of Agricultural Systems Engineering at the University of Kiel in Germany.
Besides this, I am a regular and very attentive reader of your EFITA Newsletters. Thank you very much for mailing me these interesting Newsletters. I never forget to read the attractive jokes. It just helps to get along while laughing sometimes. Thank you very much for providing the medication for this!!!
Contact: Hermann HEEGE
E-mail: hheege(a)ilv.uni-kiel.de


Engineering the Food Factory of the Futurepicknpack.eu
30 October – WAGENINGEN
This is the first technical workshop organised by the consortium under the E.C PicknPack Project which is a major European project on the application of advanced automation techniques to food manufacturing. The PicknPack concept offers the food...
See: http://www.picknpack.eu/index.php/workshops/food-factory-of-the-future


Agricultural Informatics 2013 Conference
8 - 9 November 2013 - DEBRECEN, Hungary
See: http://nodes.agr.unideb.hu/ai2013/


Open Data en Agriculture : état des lieux et perspectives
12 novembre 2013 – PARIS
Notre colloque aura lieu à Paris dans l'amphithéâtre de Agri-Naples, 43-45, rue de Naples - 75008 Paris, métro Europe ou Villiers.
Voir : http://www.modelia.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=63
Contact : Jean-Pierre CHANET et François BRUN
Mél : jean-pierre.chanet(a)irstea.fr, francois.brun(a)acta.asso.fr


Modelling platforms for the sustainable management of crop health
29 November 2013 - PARIS
The INRA/CIRAD IPM network, in conjunction with the key-action MODEL of the INRA's metaprogram SMACH (Sustainable MAnagement of Crop Health), the European Research Group ENDURE, the European project PURE, and the "Modelling for Agriculture" Mixed Technology Network organises an international workshop on modelling platforms for the sustainable management of crop health. This workshop will be held in Paris, November 29 2013.

The aim of this workshop is to promote platforms that can enhance innovative modelling approaches applied to crop protection and to initiate collective methodological reflexions.

The following platforms will be presented and discussed:
- UNISIM (Aarhus University, Danemark, PURE), a software package for collaborative ecological modelling
- RECORD (INRA), a platform for modelling and computer simulation dedicated to the study of agro-ecosystems
- DEXIPM (INRA, PURE/ENDURE), a qualitative multicriteria tool to assess the sustainability of cropping systems
- Injury Profile SIMulator (INRA), a qualitative aggregative modelling framework to predict injuries caused by multiple pests as a function of cropping practices and the biotic and abiotic environment
- X-PEST (INRA, PURE), an online modelling platform to help design models that predict damages caused by multiple pests
- a tool for network modelling (INRA, PURE), a tool to help network modelling for the collective management of a given pest at the territory level
If you would like to present an additional modelling platform (and not just a specific model), please let me know as soon as possible so that it can be included in the program.
Contact: Vincent CELLIER
E-mail: vincent.cellier(a)epoisses.inra.fr


Abstract Submission - International Conference of Agricultural Engineering
6-10 July 2014 - ZURICH
We are happy to announce that abstract submission for AgEng2014 Zurich is now open.
Deadline for abstract submission is 30th November 2013.
See: http://www.ageng2014.ch
E-mail: ageng2014(a)geyseco.es

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A robotic device on the ground, UAVs in action, remotely controlled high-tech machines, and a room full of highly trained people to keep an eye on all the activities...
See: http://geospatialworld.net/Magazine/MArticleView.aspx?aid=30680&sthash.PvzQAZsL.mjjo


On The Modern Farm, Drones And Tractors Work Side By Side
See: http://www.fastcoexist.com/3016935/futurist-forum/on-the-modern-farm-drones-and-tractors-work-side-by-side


The end of web development (as we know it) -> Internet of everything
See: http://fr.slideshare.net/TechnicalMachine/tessel-the-end-of-web-development-as-we-know-it


Brussels Briefing on ICT: Connected Continent proposal, Net Neutrality, NSA / SWIFT scandal & Data Protection Regulation
See: http://www.vieuws.eu/brussels-briefings/brussels-briefing-ict-all-you-need-to-know-for-the-month-of-october-2013/


EU-Precision Livestock Farming project
Since 2003, scientists mainly in Europe have developed a number of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) tools in laboratories. These tools would allow the farmer to monitor animals automatically and continuously, and warn him if something goes wrong. The EU-PLF project (www.eu-plf.eu), funded by the European Commission is designed to look at the feasibility of bringing proven and cost-effective PLF tools from the lab to the farm.
“As the wealth of countries increases, the worldwide demand for animal products will increase in the next 15 years by 40%. This puts a lot of pressure and workload on farmers since they have not enough time anymore to follow each individual animal the way their grandparents did,” states Daniel Berckmans, EU-PLF project coordinator when discussing the relevance of the project.
See: http://www.eu-plf.eu/press_release.php
Contacts: Daniel BERCKSMAN, Rebecca NEILSON
E-mail: daniel.berckmans(a)biw.kuleuven.be, rebecca(a)eaap.org


"Precision in Crop Farming" - Edited by Hermann Heege - Springer, The Netherlands
High yields and environmental control in crop farming call for precise adaptations to local growing conditions.
Treating large fields in a uniform way by high capacity machinery cannot be regarded as a sustainable method for many situations. Because differences existing within single fields must be considered. The transition from former field work carried out manually or by small implements to present day high capacity machinery caused that the farmers lost the immediate and close contact with soils and crops.
However, modern sensing and controlling technology can make up for this deficit. High tech methods that include proximal sensing and signals from satellites can provide for controls that allow adjusting farming operations to small fractions of one ha and sometimes even down to some m2, hence in a site-specific mode. This applies to operations for soil cultivation, sowing, fertilizing and plant protection.
This book deals with concepts, applications and results, and has an interdisciplinary approach that pervades all chapters.
>>> The printed book
See: http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/agriculture/book/978-94-007-6759-1
>>> The electronic version
See: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-6760-7/page/1
Contact: Hermann HEEGE
E-mail: hheege(a)ilv.uni-kiel.de

EFITA 2013
24-27 June 2013 - TURIN


EFITA 2013: Sustainable Agriculture through ICT innovation

> Scientific program
See: http://www.efita2013.org/
web/documentos/programa_efita13.pdf

> Poster session
See:
http://www.efita2013.org/
web/documentos/posterlist.pdf

> The acts of the EFITA2013 congress
See:
http://www.informatique-agricole.org/Efita_2013/final%20pdf%20EFITA/EFITAFullpapers.pdf


See: http://www.efita2013.org

Contact: Prof. Remigio BERRUTO
E-mail: remigio.berruto(a)unito.it

Did it never happen to you ... like this??? Computer Issues/Passwords

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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


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