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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 20 January 2013 EFITA newsletter / 634 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics by Inderscience Online submissions: See: http://www.inderscience.com/ijsami Contact: Dr.Zacharoula ANDREOPOULOU (Executive Editor IJSAMI) E-mail : randreop(a)for.auth.gr The felfie: how farmers are embracing social media See: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/jan/12/felfie-farmers-social-media See: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152441514903835.1073741843.208480693834&type=1 See: http://farmingselfie.com/ Ten farmers to follow on Twitter (The Guardian) @ourcowmolly @manorfarmbeef @camillaandroly @MillyWastie @herdyshepherd1 @liusaidhbeattie @matthewnaylor @wheat_daddy @Wyefarm @farmerkit 
EFITA e-Book ICT Adoption in Agriculture (2006-2013 summary) See: http://departments.agri.huji.ac.il/economics/gelb-main.html 2013 has continued the success of the book - accessed (hits) reached an increase over 2012 of more than 15% for a total of 777960. Of these 122450 files were read! (Hits are defined as an access to our e-book link (above) while files are defined as a download of a doc, graph etc as a result of a specific hit) It is now possible to have a broader perspective of the over time results and a discussion of their value. (Below please find a table of hits, files downloaded and the consistent over time ratio between them.) The results can be interpreted in several ways One would be that the ratio suggests files that were seen and/or read by choice. This nullifies to an extent the result of "Robot hits”. If this is correct and still further reduced by a reasonable factor e.g. counting only 10% of the files read the e-Book can be considered to have provided hundreds of useful pointers and ideas for ICT Adopters in agriculture. Mission accomplished with still a lot to improve and add!! Your comments, ideas and insights will be more than welcomed. >>> Hits (accesses) / Files ratio
What's the plan? Easy access to mapped data in the EU The plan4business team presents a public platform for harmonisation, integration, storing and analysing of spatial and non-spatial data. After one and half years of an intensive development and interaction with stakeholders, the platform offers a series of spatial applications and tools for data harmonisation and publication. The platform contains a large data pool of planning data including pan-European datasets Urban Atlas, Corine Land Cover and Natura 2000; statistical information of EUROSTAT and selected countries, national datasets such as cadastral information and flood zones; and regional and local urban planning data. The platform is open for everyone and encourages users to share their data and expand the data coverage on horizontal and vertical levels. What are the benefits for me as a user? Besides data harmonisation and integration, the platform enables various analyses based on the integrated datasets. The more spatial information is available, the better and more precise analysis results can be retrieved. The platform targets at different user groups. On the one side, there are tools for spatial data experts. The Integration Engine enables harmonisation of your urban plans into the INSPIRE Land Use schema and publish them in an interoperable way using the OGC web services. With the Map Creator you can prepare a map of your choice by making an overlay of data from the database as well of remote data connected using the OGC web services. On the other side, the platform contains a set of spatial apps which are easy to use and show the capabilities of the platform. See: http://www.whatstheplan.eu/ Contact: Karel CHARVAT E-mail: charvat(a)wirelessinfo.cz Top 5 EU Agriculture Priorities - All you need to know for 2014 See: http://www.vieuws.eu/food-agriculture/top-5-agriculture-all-you-need-to-know-for-2014/ Scottish rescue It was the Scotland / Wales rugby International weekend in Edinburgh and as the crowds made their way down Princes Street towards Murrayfield, a Rottweiler suddenly lunged towards an eight year-old Scottish lass, with its jaws wide open ready to attack. The crowd nearby gasped in horror but, quick as a flash, a man in red jumped out of the crowd, grabbed the dog by the throat and throttled it. As the dead dog lay there, and the crowd cheered in admiration, a journalist from the Glasgow Herald who had witnessed the heroic deed, went up to the man and said: 'That was brilliant, I can see the headline now: Welsh Rugby Fan Saves Young Girl From Certain Death.' The man replied, 'No, you've got it wrong. I'm not here for the rugby!' 'Don't worry' said the journalist, 'I can see the headline now: Welshman Saves Girl From Jaws Of Rottweiler.' The man replied, 'No, you're wrong again. I'm not Welsh; I'm from London.' The journalist said, 'Don't worry; I can see the headline now: English Bastard Strangles Family Pet.' The distribution of this efita newsletter is sponsored by vitisphere.com Please, contribute to the content of your efita newsletter, and advertise your events, new publications, new products and new project in this newsletter. Without your support, it will not survive! Contact: Guy WAKSMAN E-mail: guy.waksman(a)laposte.net To read this newsletter on our web site See: http://www.informatique-agricole.org/gazette/efita/efita_140120_634.htm
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