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Châtenay-Malabry (FR
- 92290), 5 May 2014
EFITA newsletter / 646 - European Federation for Information Technology
in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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with me (GW), please use this address: guy.waksman(a)laposte.net
AgriFuture Days
16-18 June 2014 – VILLACH - Austria
See: http://www.progis.com/events/agrifuturedays2014/agendaa.html#preliminaryprogram
See: http://www.progis.com/events/agrifuturedays2014/opencall.html#callforexperts
Interested in knowing which organisations are coming to Smart AgriMatics?
You can now check who have registered for Smart Agrimatics
18 – 19 June - PARIS
See: http://www.smartagrimatics.eu/Conference-Information/Participants-SAM2014
ICT's for future Economic and Sustainable Agricultural Systems - 9th
Conference of the Asian Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture
- 2014
29 Sep - 2 Oct 2014 – PERTH (Australia)
Due to many requests we have extended the deadline for paper/poster submission.
The new final date for paper/poster submission is 15 June 2014.
See: http://www.asicta.org/AFITA2014/
Take a look at Google Glass
Offer this week to buy hottest wearable tech may not be for you, yet.
But this video shows how the system works....
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/electronics/take-look-google-glass
Wearing your next computer?
Ever since Apple legitimized the smart phone with the first iPhone,
everyone has been looking for the "next big thing" and it appears
you may end up wearing it. This week Google rolled out new Android software called Android Wear specifically designed for "wearable"
computing devices. It's just an early announcement, but shows where tech
could be headed.
Of course Google is moving toward Google Glass
a unique computer interface you wear on your face like glasses. The
tiny screen and audio interface are supposed to allow you computing access
almost anywhere. It also allows you to take video and images to store
quickly.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/blog/wearing-your-next-computer?intlink=rceoc
New SeedStar mobile app from John Deere
New mobile app from John Deere will let you monitor planter performance
in real time from your iPad or smart phone.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/electronics/new-seedstar-mobile-app-john-deere
Free soil data from FarmLogs
FarmLogs has announced that it’s launching a new soil data layer to
its services, which will provide free online soil maps for every field
in the U.S.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/free-soil-data-farmlogs
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Smart
AgriMatics 2014
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Contribute to Smart AgriMatics 2014 - session
on Interoperability and standards for data exchange in agri-food business
18 – 19 June - PARIS
This interactive workshop will focus on the current state of play
on standardization, implementation and adoption of standards for the
exchange of information between stakeholders in the agri-food supply
chain.
The workshop will be divided into two parts:
1. Introduction of standardization and adoption of standards on the
current landscape, this is being collected by the ICT-AGRI ERANET
(http://www.ict-agri.eu).
2. Workshop contributors are requested to add to the challenges and
actions to be taken in order to improve the adoption of standards
or the development of new standards in the agri-food chain.
Special focus is on the processes and data exchange between the Farm
Management Information System (FMIS) at the farmer’s side and information
systems of other stakeholders in the supply chain. The session is
targeting to all agri-food stakeholders along the supply chain; from
farmer to retailer and ICT system/software/service providers.
Experts are invited to contribute to this workshop. Contributions
cover at least one of the following topics:
- Motivation and state of the art in the adoption of ICT standards
to support data exchange between information systems of agri-food
stakeholders.
- Potential actions and motivation for further development and adoption
of existing or new ICT standards for data exchange in the agri-food
chain.
- Specific standards and the current adoption for data exchange between
the FMIS and information systems at other stakeholders in the supply
chain.
If you want to contribute, then send a half page description of the
usage and adoption of ICT standards in the agri-food chain to info@smartagrimatics.eu
with the subject “Contribution to session 4.2 on Interoperability
for Data Exchange” before the 15th of April, or contact one of the
organizers directly.
See: http://www.smartagrimatics.eu/Conference-Information/Programme#Information&DataExchange |
Hexagon to Take over Precision Agriculture Specialist
Hexagon has signed an agreement to take over Arvus, a manufacturer of
precision agriculture solutions for closer, more site-specific management
of the factors affecting crop production. This means different parts of
a field can be managed separately, allowing the application of essential
nutrients and various other inputs to be fine-tuned through the use of sensors
and GNSS technologies.
See: http://www.gim-international.com/news/geomatics/agriculture/id8020-hexagon_to_take_over_precision_agriculture_specialist.html
Agronomy: A very interesting blog in Spanish, French and English
See: http://culturagriculture.blogspot.fr/2014/01/normal-0-21-false-false-false-es-zh-cn.html
Block the Bite to Eradicate (e.g.) Malaria
Block the Bite is about raising awareness of the industry contribution
to vector-control - not just for malaria but also dengue fever, river blindness,
yellow fever and others - through the development of innovative products
and partnerships with NGOs, national governments, public health bodies and
intergovernmental organizations.
See: http://www.croplife.org/block_the_bite
India has surpassed Japan to become the world's third largest economy
in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP)
See: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/india-now-worlds-third-largest-economy-in-terms-of-purchasing-power-parity/1245626
An old but beautiful story of marriage and the communication between
a husband and his wife
A couple was Christmas shopping at the mall on Christmas Eve and the
mall was packed. As the wife walked through the mall, she was surprised
to look up and see her husband was nowhere around. She was quite upset because
they had a lot to do. Because she was so worried, she called him on her
cell phone to ask him where he was.
In a calm voice, the husband said, "Honey, you remember the jewellery
store we went into about 5 years ago where you fell in love with that diamond
necklace that we could not afford and I told you that I would get it for
you one day?"
The wife choked up and started to cry and said, "Yes, I remember that
jewellery store."
He said, "Well, I'm in the bar right next to it."
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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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