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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 15 September 2014 EFITA newsletter / 662 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment 
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A joint call between SmartAgriFood and ICT – AGRI €4 million in funding is available for SME’s and web entrepreneurs to develop a large number of smart agriculture services and applications. SmartAgriFood has joined forces with the Europe-wide ICT-AGRI network to provide SMEs and web entrepreneurs with an additional €1.8M in funding to pay for expert advice and support services for the successful SMEs. Projects are expected to provide smart solutions for specific farm operations or farm management activities. Projects may develop and implement new solutions or modify existing solutions towards use within the Future Internet framework. The SmartAgriFood accelerator wants to fund web entrepreneurs and SMEs with new or innovative ideas for applications and services to address the lack of smart ICT tools suited for farm and wider agricultural use. New or existing applications should use FIWARE technologies (i.e. FIWARE generic enablers, specific enablers and/or domain specific platforms, most notably the FIspace platform), and should be delivered through the FIspace platform (an integrated collaboration system). Projects are expected to address one or more of three representative farming subsectors: - Arable Farming - large-scale, annual crop production in the open air - Horticulture - flowers, fruits and vegetables production in greenhouses or, at a small scale, similar crops in the open air. In addition, orchards can be included. - Livestock Farming – animal production in the open-air closed housing systems or a mix between these. This is a joint call between SmartAgriFood and ICT – AGRI. Online application will open 15th September 2014. The closing date for applications is 15thNovember 2014. More details see here: - Quick Start Guide http://ict-agri.eu/node/13790 - FIWARE benefits for agriculture and agro-industry http://ict-agri.eu/node/13846 Information provided by Walter MAYER E-mail: office(a)progis.com Making money on farm data An innovative system from Farmobile collects your data but allows you to make money with companies that use it. See: http://farmindustrynews.com/farm-recordkeeping/making-money-farm-data See: http://www.farmobile.com/ Future Internet for Safe and Healthy Food from Farm to Fork See: http://fr.slideshare.net/SjaakWolfert/fispace-for-executive-board-of-directors-of-wageningen-ur Irish Farming News App The team here at Agriland have launched our new Irish Farming news app, should be worth checking out… See: http://www.agriland.ie/news/agrilands-free-news-app-launched/ Farming app in running for award. Smartphones help with herd monitoring See: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/dairy/10448244/Farming-app-in-running-for-award
Gene Helps Create Drought Resistant Crops (Duke University) See: https://water.tallyfox.com/mosaic/text/gene-helps-create-drought-resistant-crops World Food Situation See: http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/en/ Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) stablished at the request of the Agriculture Ministers of the G20 in 2011, the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) is an inter-Agency Platform to enhance food market transparency and encourage coordination of policy action in response to market uncertainty. The initial focus of AMIS is on four crops that are particularly important in international food markets, namely wheat, maize, rice and soybeans. See: http://www.amis-outlook.org/amis-about/en/ Men and Women Moe: 'My wife got me to believe in religion.' Joe: 'Really?' Moe: 'Yeah. Until I married her I didn't believe in Hell.' 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_140915_662.htm
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