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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 25 November 2013 EFITA newsletter / 627 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment 
Les agriculteurs ne sont pas connectés ? Une image d’Épinal obsolète
et un préjugé parfois tenace que la FNSEA et son réseau s'emploient à balayer...
Explications.Voir : http://www.fnsea.fr/toutes-les-thematiques/agriculture-et-modes-de-vie/qui-sont-les-agriculteurs-/articles/l-agriculteur-20 11/11 – Remembrance For me it is important to say – - Commemorate not celebrate Contact: Peter SUTTON E-Mail: peter.sutton(a)syngenta.com 111th Fieragricola 6-9 febbraio 2014 - VERONA See: http://www.fieragricola.it/ New Ag International Conference and Exhibition 26 - 28 March 2014 – WARSAW See: http://www.newaginternational.com/warsawreg/warsawreg.html How can an illiterate farmer in Africa learn how to use a mobile phone to better grow his crops? See: https://www.devex.com/en/news/orange-bringing-technology-to-african-farmers/82189 Current Agriculture Research Journal are freely available to read and download See: http://www.agriculturejournal.org/current-issue/ Buffett Family Puts Money Where Their Mouth Is: Food Security In a new book, billionaire investor Warren Buffett and his son and grandson discuss how to feed a growing planet. "We've been fortunate to make a whole lot more money than anybody can spend intelligently on themselves, so the object is to spend it... See: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/10/24/240557784/buffett-family-puts-money-where-their-mouth-is-food-security Forum Phyto - Handwashing signs don’t matter as much as handwashing (Barfblog) - Scientists fight locusts with green locust bio-pesticide (Standard Digital, Kenya) - Funny and serious : Poultry effective against weeds in organic greenhouse - Sour smile : Glyphosate is responsible of virtually all the ills that can befall us! - To smile: The science news cycle Chief EU scientist backs damning report urging GMO ‘rethink’ Studies linking genetically modified crops with adverse effects on the environment or animal health are based on “contested science”, according to a recent report by the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), which received backing from Anne Glover, the EU’s chief scientific advisor. Voir : http://www.euractiv.com/science-policymaking/chief-eu-scientist-backs-damning-news-530693 Scientists Creating Plants That Make Their Own Fertilizer A team of researchers is excited by the potential of a chemical apparatus for nitrogen fixation will be miniaturized, automated and relocated within plants so nitrogen is available when and where it's needed. See: http://www.no-tillfarmer.com/pages/Spre/News-Scientists-Creating-Plants-That-Make-Their-Own-Fertilizer-9-4-13.php Genetics in action: insight into how insect pests develop resistance Scientists working in the UK have made breakthroughs in studies on how insect pests develop resistance and adapt to changing conditions to colonise new host plants. Voir : http://www.farming.co.uk/news/article/9176 50 Amazing Facts About Mobile See: http://fr.slideshare.net/JamieTurner1313/50-amazing-facts-about-mobile Seasonal monitoring of soil erosion at regional scale: An application of the G2 model in Crete focusing on agricultural land uses A new soil erosion model, namely G2, was applied in the island of Crete with a focus on agricultural landuses, including potential grazing lands. The G2 model was developed within the the framework of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security(GMES, now Copernicus) initiative supported by Geoland2 and SoilTrEC FP7 projects. The G2 model takes advantage of the empirical background of the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and the Gavrilovic model, together with readily available time series of vegetation layers and 10-min rainfall intensity data to produce monthly time-step erosion risk maps at 300 m cell size. The season from October to January (the rainy season in Crete) was found to be the most critical, accounting for 80% of the annual erosion in the island. Seasonal erosion figures proved to be crucial for the identification of erosion hotspots and of risky land uses. In Crete, high annual erosion figures were detected in natural grasslands and shrublands mainly due to the intensification of livestock grazing during the past decades. The G2 model allows for the integrated spatio-temporal monitoring of soil erosion per land-use type based on moderate data input requirements and existing datasets. Download the data layers (monthly erosion, rainfall erosivity, vegetation retention, soil erodibility, Topographic influence, slope intercept). See: http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/library/themes/erosion/G2/data.html Contact : Panos PANAGOS E-mail: panos.panagos(a)jrc.ec.europa.eu
At the French Baccalauréat, the Dissertation test given to the students in the Philosophy class: Tackle in the most possible concise way the three following topics: 1. RELIGION 2. SEXUALITY 3. MYSTERY The best student got a 20 out of 20 points: “My God, I am pregnant! But from who?”
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