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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 26 May 2014 EFITA newsletter / 649 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment 
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AgriFuture Days 2014: ICT’s Improving Family Farming 16 – 18 JUNE - VILLACH, Austria > There more than 570 million farms in the world of which over 500 million are family owned. > There are responsible for at least 56% of agricultural production The AgriFuture Days Conferences organized by the Club of Ossiach are not “business as usual“ events with a series of lectures and passive participation. They are an active platform to explore the theme collectively, identify issues and elaborate practical actions to solve them. Effective actions for the use of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) in agriculture, forestry and for managing the environment have to be public-private-community partnerships. The innovative models to practically implement these partnerships are also the focus of the discussions and brainstorming sessions of all AgriFuture Days Conference., The AgriFuture Days 2014 Conference with its theme “ICTs for Improving Family Farming” is to consider by using available evidence what needs to be done now and in future to improve access and effective use of ICTs and Information for family farming, to strengthen this farming to be sustainable, resilient, productive and profitable. The 3 days are organized by GFAR and PROGIS and is taking place from June 16th to 18th at Ossiach, Austria. The Club of Ossiach as group of worldwide agro-experts in public, private and community sector was formed during the AgriFuture Days conference 2013. They meet periodically to collectively discuss and collaboratively act on influencing the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to improve agricultural productivity, profitability and contribution to food and nutritional security and safety globally. You may download the statement of the Club from here > Participate, network with peers and be a partner in AgriFuture Days 2014. Take the opportunity to exhibit your company, your products and services to a worldwide audience and develop further your business at the AgriFuture Days Conference. There are more than 100 influential participants from 26 countries now registered. The tentative program to discuss issues, future trends and their potential disruptions and an agenda for action is available here http://www.progis.com/events/agrifuturedays2014/agendaa.html#preliminaryprogram Visit the conference-website for more details on participation, exhibition and sponsorship. 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Agriculture and Forestry 5 – 17 September 2014 - JELGAVA, Latvia Conference topics: - Open Data for Agriculture, Forestry and Rural development -Precision farming and precision forestry issues -Sensors technologies -ICT for Agriculture Sustainability -Land use, Land cover and rural planning See: http://isaf2014.info/ Precision Agriculture: Research fellow position available at Cranfield University See: https://jobs.cranfield.ac.uk/ wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=4009&p_web_page_id=187398 Contact: Abdul Mounem MOUAZEN, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Cranfield Soil and AgriFood Institute E-mail: a.mouazen(a)cranfield.ac.uk
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See: http://cornandsoybeandigest.com/site-files/cornandsoybeandigest.com/files/uploads/ag-weed-id-app.html Les outils d'aide à la décision d'ARVALIS - Institut du végétal (France) - Fertiliser avec des produits organiques - Résistance des adventices aux herbicides - Densité de semis optimale (blé tendre) - Choix des buses et réglages du pulvérisateur - Compéti-LIS Basic - Ventilation des pommes de terre de fécule - Mélanges de produits phytosanitaires - Réglementation et rinçage du pulvérisateur - Test : pratiques de manipulation des produits phytos - EGES : Bilan énergie et gaz à effet de serre - Baromètre maladies du blé tendre - Fiches accidents et variétés Voir : http://www.terre-net.fr/observatoire-technique-culturale/arvalis.html Actes du colloque sur les capteurs en Agriculture (Paris - 18 avril 2014) > Introduction – présentation de la journée – JP. CHANET – B. DE SOLAN > Collecte de données agricoles à l'aide de réseaux de capteurs sans fil - Gil DE SOUSA – Irstea > Phénotypage rapide au champ - Benoit DE SOLAN – Arvalis > La vulgarisation des réseaux de capteurs fixes. Des exemples en production végétale - Guillaume FERNANDEZ – Agriscope > Capteurs physiques et virtuels – Mise à disposition des données - Denis BOISGONTIER – CAP 2020 > Intégration des capteurs agrométéo dans les OAD : Exemples de réalisation - Eric STÖCKLIN – NewFarm > Fouille de données issues de capteurs : problématique et méthodes - Pascal PONCELET – LIRMM > Innovation et technologies en agriculture - Coralie GALLIS – CEA - LETI > Utilisation des données de capteurs monitoring en élevage bovins - Vincent DELCLOY – Gènes Diffusion > La norme Isobus pour l’échange de données - Yannick GUYOMARCH - Kereval > Élevage laitier de précision : périmètre, applications et perspectives - Clement ALLAIN – IDELE > Captiven : Dispositif d’appui de recherche partenariale pour les PME-ETI en métrologie environnementale - Charlène BERGEAT – Irstea > Conclusion Voir : http://www.informatique-agricole.org/colloques-afia/afia-colloque/2014_-_capteurs/#wpfb-cat-5 Pioneer® Field360™ Services Pioneer® Field360™ services help you increase farm productivity and profitability by providing you with powerful new tools to help you turn field data into insightful, actionable information. See: https://www.pioneer.com/home/site/us/programs-services/pioneer-field360/ The Chinese Administration for Inspection and Quarantine signed an agreement with the French company ATT A few days ago，under the authority of the Protected Eco-Origin Products (PEOP) Office, Wan Cheng Credit Evaluation Company Ltd. (WCCE) signed a cooperation agreement with the French company Advanced Track and Trace (ATT). Both parties have entered into collaboration regarding the promotion of the PEOP project in France and in Europe. The PEOP Assessment project implemented by the Chinese Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) meets the Protected Eco-Origin Assessment standards of the uniformly used label of the People’s Republic of China Protected Eco-Origin Products label. The Green letters PEOP which can be seen on the label correspond to the English abbreviation for “Protected Eco-Origin Products”. The purpose of this project is to erect the appropriate protection mechanisms and traceability management system, and, under the supervision of the Chinese administrations, to protect the interest of environmentally-friendly firms and the interest of the consumers. It is understood the technology of ATT is one of the leading anti-counterfeiting technologies in the world, the company provides anti-counterfeiting services to French Champagne, Burgundy, and Bordeaux regions wines that are exported around the world. WCCE, based in Beijing, is a qualified auditing agency which was appointed to assist AQSIQ in order to employ this technology to better serve the Chinese consumers. A delegation commissioned by AQSIQ set off to France on May 4th. Between May 5 and May 6 it proceeded through the Champagne, Burgundy and Bordeaux regions where it held awareness meetings about PEOP. With the support of local authorities and associations, the main producers of the three main French wine producing regions, wineries representatives, and exporters joined the awareness meetings and interacted with the delegation on matters of their concern. See: http://www.agence-fleurie.com/2014/05/the-chinese-administration-for-inspection-and-quarantine-signed-an-agreement-with-the-french-company-att/ See: http://www.att-fr.com/
The Misdirected War on Corporate Short-Termism While there are reasonable concerns about corporate short-termism, their remedies should be narrowly tailored. Most of these concerns can be addressed by adopting longer periods for executive compensation. See: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304547704579564390935661048 CIA Says It Will No Longer Use Vaccine Programs As Cover See: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/05/20/314231260/cia-says-it-will-no-longer-use-vaccine-programs-as-cover Main findings from - GM Crop: global environmental impacts 1996-2012 - Between 1996 and 2012, crop biotechnology was responsible for an additional 122 million tonnes of soybeans and 231 million tonnes of corn. The technology has also contributed an extra 18.2 million tonnes of cotton lint and 6.6 million tonnes of canola; - GM crops are allowing farmers to grow more without using additional land. If crop biotechnology had not been available to the (17.3 million) farmers using the technology in 2012, maintaining global production levels at the 2012 levels would have required additional plantings of 4.9 million ha of soybeans, 6.9 million ha of corn, 3.1 million ha of cotton and 0.2 million ha of canola. This total area requirement is equivalent to 9% of the arable land in the US, or 24% of the arable land in Brazil or 27% of the cereal area in the EU; - Crop biotechnology helps farmers earn reasonable incomes for their work. The net economic benefit at the farm level in 2012 was $18.8 billion, equal to an average increase in income of $117/hectare. For the 17 year period (1996-2012), the global farm income gain has been $116.6 billion; - The highest yield gains were obtained by farmers in developing countries, many of which are resource-poor and farm small plots of land; - The total farm income gain of $116.6 billion was divided equally between farmers in developing and developed countries; - Crop biotechnology has contributed to significantly reducing the release of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural practices. This results from less fuel use and additional soil carbon storage from reduced tillage with GM crops. In 2012, this was equivalent to removing 27 billion kg of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or equal to removing 11.9 million cars from the road for one year; - Crop biotechnology has reduced pesticide spraying (1996-2012) by 503 million kg (-8.8%). This is equal to the total amount of pesticide active ingredient applied to arable crops in the EU 27 for nearly two crop years. As a result, this has decreased the environmental impact associated with herbicide and insecticide use on the area planted to biotech crops by 18.7%; - The insect resistant (IR) technology used in cotton and corn has consistently delivered yield gains from reduced pest damage. The average yield gains over the 1996-2012 period across all users of this technology has been +10.4% for insect resistant corn and +16.1% for insect resistant cotton; - Farmers in developing countries received $3.74 for each dollar invested in GM crop seeds in 2012 (the cost being equal to 21% of total technology gains), while farmers in developed countries received $3.04 for each dollar invested in GM crop seed (the cost being equal to 25% of the total technology gains). The higher share of total technology gains realized by farmers in developing countries relative to farmers in developed countries mainly reflects weaker provision and enforcement of intellectual property rights coupled with higher average levels of benefits in developing countries. See: http://www.pgeconomics.co.uk/pdf/2014globalimpactstudyfinalreport.pdf Better to always double-check. Always ask... Never assume His request approved, the Bulletin Newspaper photographer quickly used his mobile phone to call the Townsville, Queensland airport to charter a flight. He was told a twin-engine plane would be waiting for him at the airport. Arriving at the airfield, he spotted a plane warming up outside a hangar. He jumped in with his bag, slammed the door shut, and shouted, 'Let's go'. The pilot taxied out, swung the plane into the wind and took off. Once in the air, the photographer instructed the pilot, 'Fly over Mount Stuart and make low passes so I can take pictures of the fires on the hillsides.' 'Why?' asked the pilot. 'Because I'm a photographer for the Bulletin' he responded,' and I need to get some close up shots.' The pilot was strangely silent for a moment, finally he stammered, 'So, what you're telling me, is... You're NOT my flight instructor?' "Life is short… Drink the good wine first." 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_140526_649.htm
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