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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 10 February 2013 EFITA newsletter / 636 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment CAPIGI 2014 2-4 April – AMSTERDAM For the 5th time the Community on Agricultural Policy Implementation and Geo Information (CAPIGI) organises a conference and brings together geo-spatial experts in the agricultural domain from governments, industry, science and farmers to share experiences, innovations and insights. Sign up to CAPIGI 2014 today at www.CAPIGI.eu, as the registration is now open and take advantage of the early bird fee that expires February 14th. CAPIGI 2014 will contain the following subjects: - Closing the innovation gap; - Space technology for agriculture; - INSPIRE programme and its relevance for agriculture; - Climate Smart Agriculture; - Spatial Data Analysis; - Linked Open Data; - Use of UAVs in crop monitoring; - Machine Guidance systems; - Precision Livestock Farming and - many, many more... CAPIGI 2014 is an happening that offers networking, interactions and the exchange of ideas and knowledge in three days. The conference combines relevant content with a social interactive programme to make the most of your participation. See: http://www.capigi.eu GI 2014 - GI/GIS/GDI Forum - Open GeoData Movement in Europe of Regions 29 - 30 April - DRESDEN See: http://de.slideshare.net/IGN_Vorstand/gi2014-call-forpresentationen Smart AgriMatics 2014: The future use of ICT and robotics in agriculture and food business 18 - 19 June 2014 - Paris, France The agri-food sector has always been of great economic importance, while at the same time it has a large public impact with respect to citizens, consumers and the environment. More than ever, the sector is facing huge challenges to feed the future world population within the boundaries of the carrying capacity of planet Earth. ICT and related technology will play an important future role to help agri-food chains to meet these challenges. Smart AgriMatics endeavours to explore this area by focusing on future innovations while at the same time see what is already possible with the current state of the art. Join this adventure in the second edition of Smart AgriMatics! >>> The Smart AgriMatics concept Smart Agrimatics unites practitioners, researchers, users around current developments in the ICT and robotics in agriculture and food business. Workshops in small interactive groups form the heart of the conference, in which presentations alternate with hands-on exercises or hackathon kind of sessions. There will be ample of room for spontaneous and informal meetings for creative ideas. From the perspective of topics to be dealt with, the whole agri-food supply chain will be covered and different sectors will receive attention: meat, dairy products, crops, fruits, vegetables, flowers, etc. The challenge is to identify commonalities and shared objectives between these sectors and different parts of the supply chain. Particular attention will be paid to the development of Public-Private Partnerships. >>> Conference topics and target group Several topics which cover the different aspects of the theme ‘The future use of ICT and robotics in agriculture and food business’ are organised: 1. Farming in the Cloud, incl. Precision Farming 2. Intelligent Perishable Goods Logistics 3. Supply Chain Digitization 4. Information & Data Exchange 5. Smart Food Awareness 6. Global Strategy for ICT in Agri-Food The participants will come from software and hardware companies, farms, consultancy, agri-food business, governmental organisations and research institutes. They will leave Smart AgriMatics 2014 with renewed knowledge, inspiration, enriched networks and possibly new alliances for setting up new projects and activities. See http://www.smartagrimatics.eu/ 
Smart Catalogue of Educational Materials (various educational materials connected to cartography and related sciences: GIS, geography) See http://environment-and-education.centralivinglab.eu/index.html aWhere 2.0 Enables Evidence-Based Decision Making in Global Development aWhere, Inc. ushers in a new era of data management with aWhere 2.0, a full update to the Location Intelligence Platform for Global Development. The aWhere Platform represents an innovate approach to data management and collaboration for climate smart agriculture and global development initiatives. The user friendly environment brings visibility and simplicity to complex data, transforming it into local, actionable insight. The 2.0 release of the aWhere Platform comes at a time when sustainable data management services for global development are growing in importance. Complex challenges facing the developing world are increasing the need for evidence-based, data-driven decisions. “Climate change, increased weather variability, population growth- these are issues which require quick adaption to changing circumstances,” says aWhere CEO Dr. John Corbett, “aWhere 2.0 communicates crucial information based on near real-time data, allowing global development organizations to make timely, informed, climate smart decisions in the face of these daunting challenges.” The Platform’s intelligent design is engineered to handle agriculture and public health attributes, and encourages users to visualize and analyze data; share and collaborate with others; monitor real-time data from the field; and combine data from multiple sources, including aWhere’s own hyper-local weather content. The Platform helps development practitioners build local capacity, growing the ability to apply best practices for data management to local resources. New Platform features allow for customization, multiple visualizations of data, the integration of third party data sources, and bring simplicity to complex information. The Software as a Service (SaaS) Platform operates on a subscription based model. A free version of the Platform which offers access to hyper-localized weather data for Eastern, Western, and Southern Africa; South Asia; Mexico; and Central America, is also available. See: http://www.awhere.com/en-us Technical and Scientific Bulletins See: http://www.agrifoodgateway.com Former Greenpeace leading light condemns them for opposing GM 'golden rice' crop that could save two million children from starvation per year See: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/former-greenpeace-leading-light-condemns-them-for- opposing-gm-golden-rice-crop-that-could-save-two-million-children-from-starvation-per-year-9097170.html If the environmentalist movement is to stay relevant, it must embrace world-changing technologies like GM See: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/if-the-environmentalist-movement-is-to-stay-relevant- it-must-embrace-worldchanging-technologies-like-gm-9096768.html
Barnsley Zoo (A bit rude, but it IS Yorkshire!) A small zoo in Barnsley acquired a very rare species of gorilla. Within a few weeks the gorilla, a female, became very difficult to handle. Upon examination, the veterinarian determined the problem. The gorilla was in season and to make matters worse, there was no male gorilla available. Thinking about their problem, the Zoo Keeper thought of Albert Tobytyke, a local lad & part-time worker responsible for cleaning the animal cages. Albert, like many Barnsley blokes, felt he had ample ability to satisfy any female. The Zoo Keeper thought they might have a solution, so Albert was approached with a proposition. Would he be willing to mate with the gorilla for Ł500? Albert showed some interest, but said he would have to think the matter over carefully. The following day, he announced that he would accept their offer, but only under four conditions: 1. "First up", Albert said, "No kissin’ on’t lips." The Keeper quickly agreed to this condition. 2. "Secund", he said, "Tha’ can’t ever tell anybody abaht this." The Keeper again readily agreed to this condition. 3. "Thurd", Albert said, "Ah want all’t bairns raised as Barnsley fans." Once again it was agreed. 4. "And last of all", Albert stated, "Tha’s got to gi me another week to come up wi’ 500 quid”. 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_140210_637.htm
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