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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 18 November 2013 EFITA newsletter / 626 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment Remembrance Be aware on this day above all others in the calendar this country (UK) remembers the terrible losses of the First World War. It is usually portrayed here as a British v German conflict in support of Belgium in Picardy and Flanders rather than a pan-European tragedy. But anyone reading more understands the suffering for all the French people (Verdun) but who also struggle to understand the collapse of 1940. We live in a better time but the young assume that Europe is open and liberal (does anyone under 50 understand the cold war?). We need more than bi-lateral reconciliation. France needs to remember its old friends as well as its new embrace across the Rhine which does it no good economically. I love your newsletter. Contact: Toby MOTTRAM E-mail: toby.mottram(a)gmail.com My answer (GW): Thank you very much for your message. In the list of allied countries that help France during WW1 and save it during the WW2, I put UK first since I know how much UK suffered and that, as far as numbers of non-French people dead to free France, UK came first. I hope that France will never forget this. I hope that the British bashing in France as well as the French (& European) bashing in England will cease and that we will remain able to recognise that we always agree on the essential if not on all small details. Séminaire Open Data en Agriculture : état des lieux et perspectives (12 novembre) – Toutes les présentations Voir : http://www.modelia.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=63 Wanted: App for weather scenarios, bad weather alert or hikers for Crop Protection Info Sharing See: http://www.fispace.eu/Pages/FIspace_OpenCall_Announcements.aspx 10th ECPA conference theme: Precision agriculture for efficient resources management under changing global conditions 12 – 16 July 2015 – ISRAEL The 10th ECPA meeting will be held in Israel on 12-16 July, 2015. It will be organized by the Precision Agriculture team at the Agricultural Research Organization (ARO, the Volcani Center), which belongs to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Israel. ARO is the largest research center on agriculture in Israel. Located at the Volcani Center campus in Bet-Dagan, near Tel-Aviv, ARO's six institutes are responsible for Plant Sciences, Animal Science, Plant Protection, Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Engineering, and Postharvest and Food Sciences. ARO also operates four research stations, in various parts of the country, and serves as a testing center for agricultural produce and equipment. Israel's Gene Bank for Agricultural Crops is also located on the ARO Volcani Center campus. While encompassing the full range of agricultural research activities, ARO focuses in particular on arid zone agriculture, enabling Israel - a country short of all the resources required for agriculture - to achieve among the highest levels of agricultural output in the world. ECPA meeting in Israel One of the greatest challenges that agricultures faces the recent years is global warming and water scarcity. The growing need for food production, together with gradual changes of the climate towards warmer conditions, pose a great challenge to the efficient use of the limited amount resources available for agriculture, among them water. Precision agriculture provides technological solutions for efficient and sustainable use of such resources, including water resources. Israel, being located in an arid and semi-arid region, has been a pioneer in the development of technologies and management tools for efficient water use. The theme of the 10th ECPA meeting on 12-16 July, 2015 in Israel will be “Efficient resources management under changing global conditions”, with emphasis on water resources. Having water as a central focus of the conference, combined with the Israeli research and industry innovations in this field will make an attractive topic and prepare the European (and global) agriculture to the altering climatic conditions. Looking forward to seeing you in Israel! Contact: Victor ALCHANATIS E-mail: victor(a)volcani.agri.gov.il Survey: An Inside Look At Precision Agriculture In 2013 See: http://www.croplife.com/equipment/precision-ag/survey-an-inside-look-at-precision-agriculture-in-2013/ HTS Ag Proving the profitability of Precision Agriculture is the goal of the HTS GPS Solutions team. We utilize the best Precision Ag Solutions from Ag Leader, John Deere, AFS, Garmin and many others to put together a complete package for your farming operation. HTS Ag has the resources and knowledge to help you prove that GPS Technology increases your profitability. See: http://www.htsag.com/ The Evolution of Ag Leader Technology See: http://www.agleader.com/about/history/# Matching technology to value creation: Drones in agriculture See: http://robohub.org/matching-technology-to-value-creation-drones-in-agriculture/ New ISOBUS Task Controller for Planters by agleader.com Ag Leader Technology, Inc., a leading manufacturer of precision farming equipment and software, continues to expand the ISOBUS capabilities of the Ag Leader® Integra and Versa™ displays with the addition of Task Controller for planters. See: http://www.agleader.com/blog/new-isobus-task-controller-for-planters/ Why the Climate Corporation Sold Itself to Monsanto? See: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/11/why-the-climate-corporation-sold-itself-to-monsanto.html
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