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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 22 September 2014 EFITA newsletter / 663 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment 
To correspond with me (GW), please use this address: guy.waksman(a)laposte.net
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much a North American joke… for example, when one young girl is
missing in the USA, the milk carton bottle/box shows the photo of the
missing girl… all over that State and often all over the USA with
an amazing success record.
e-Agriculture online forum: ICTs for family farming Join us from 22 September to 6 October 2014 and discuss with our panel of distinguished Subject Matter Experts during the 24th e-Agriculture forum, jointly organized by e-Agriculture Community of Practice in partnership withFAO and AMARC, within the framework of the International Year of Family Farming. This online forum is part of the participatory discussion “Communication for Development, community media and ICTs for family farming and rural development”, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC). The e-Agriculture forum will discuss and complement the outcomes of three regional online consultations taking place on the online platforms of Onda Rural for Latin America, YenKasa for Africa and ComDev Asia for Asia and the Pacific from 25 August to 12 September.. All the inputs collected during the participatory discussion will inform the Forum on Communication for Development & Community Media for Family Farming (FCCM), to be held within the framework of the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), from 23 to 24 October 2014 in Rome, Italy. The FCCM will identify opportunities, policy options and strategic initiatives to promote rural communication services in support of family farming and rural development. Rationale: There is growing consensus on communication and community media as drivers for social change in rural areas: they facilitate access to timely information for improved agricultural production and, above all, they encourage farmer participation in the rural development process. >>> Our panel of distinguished subject matter experts include: - Mario Acunzo - Communication for Development Officer | FAO - Vasuki Belavadi - Chair on Community Media University of Hyderabad | UNESCO - Pedro Castillo - Proyecto Comunidades Campesinas | CEPES - Marina Cherbonnier - Web and Communications Manager | YPARD - Francesco Diasio, Secretary general | AMARC - Ajit Maru - Senior Knowledge Officer | GFAR Secretariat - Oumy Khairy Ndiaye - Independent Consultant - Michael Riggs - Programme Officer | UN-APCICT/ESCAP - Alberto Solano - CEO for Latin America | Grameen Foundation - Reynaldo Trinidad - Director | Agronoticias - Simon Wandila - Country Representative Zambia | YPARD See: http://www.e-agriculture.org/forums/communication-development-community-media-and-icts-family-farming-and-rural-development Agricultural Informatics 2014 International Conference Future Internet and ICT Innovation in Agriculture, Food and the Environment - AI2014 Conference - Call for papers 13-14. November 2014 - DEBRECEN, Hungary, >>> Aims of the Conference: The main objective of the conference is to promote the exchange of experiences among non-profit, research and business professionals, as well as the development of the international relations. The event provides a forum for agriculture involved practical and academic players, to discuss the actual questions of education, research, development and application of Information Technologies in Agriculture and Rural Development with publishing the recent results. The official languages of the conference are English and Hungarian (without translation). The meeting covers a broad range of topics, as follows. >>> Topics: - Big data - Bioinformatics - Cloud computing and services - Collaborative working environment - Decision Support Systems, Modelling and simulation - Ecological modelling - Education/Training programs and development - E-learning - Food safety and traceability - Future Internet in the agri-food sector - Information and communication technologies for rural areas - Information systems - IT and innovation in agri-food sector - Mobile technology applications - Precision agriculture, GIS, RS - Web services, portals and Internet applications - Wireless sensor networks >>> Organisers: - UD University of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business - HAAI Hungarian Association of Agricultural Informatics - HAS Debrecen Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Agrarian-economy Committee - EFITA European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment >>> Co-organisers: - Corvinus University of Budapest, Faculty of Horticultural Science, Department of Biometrics and Agricultural Informatics - University of Pannonia Georgikon, Faculty Department of Economic Methodology - University of Szeged, Faculty of Engineering - Kaposvár University - Hungarian Association for Geoinformation (HUNAGI) - Szent István University - Hellenic Association for Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture Food and Environment (HAICTA) - Club of Ossiach - PROGIS Software GmbH >>> Structure of the Conference: - Plenary session - Paper sessions - Students’ research work demonstrations - Videoconference sessions with Hungarian Universities - Future Internet in Agriculture and Food Sector Workshop - ICT and e-Learning tools in agroforestry (AgroFE EU Leonardo project workshop) - Advanced remote sensing technologies (CHANGEHABITAT2, Marie-Curie FP7 project workshop) - PROGIS Workshop – PROGIS Software Packages - HAICTA – HAAI Joint Videoconference session >>> Time line First day of conference November 13, 2014 Last day of conference November 15, 2014 See: http://nodes.agr.unideb.hu/conferences/ Inside the app: Smart irrigation management Variable rate irrigation has become a hot topic in recent precision agriculture conversations, and amid that growing interest, Trimble has announced its new Irrigate-IQ app is now available in North America. The app is part of the company’s suite of Connected Farm apps available for smartphones or tablets, and it gives growers real-time status and control of their pivot irrigation systems. Click through the photos to learn more about what the app can do for your operation. See: http://farmindustrynews.com/precision-farming/inside-app-smart-irrigation-management Climate Basic and Pro offer hyper-local weather monitoring for farmers (Video) Rains can be sporadic events in the Delta. How many times have you seen it rain on one end of a field and not the other? Or in a neighboring field and not in one of yours? Or at one end of the county and not the other? Trying to schedule field operations around rain events when you farm in one block can be difficult, but trying to arrange them when you have fields 25 and 30 miles apart can be a nightmare. That’s where services like Monsanto’s new Climate Basic and Climate Pro could help. Voir : http://farmindustrynews.com/ electronics/climate-basic-and-pro-offer-hyper-local-weather-monitoring-farmers
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/ Ag Weed ID is an in-hand tool to help producers identify weeds during scouting Our database includes information and of course images of about 75 of the most common weeds, and enables you to narrow the list by crop, season, and location. You can compare on the spot, or use the app's camera integration feature to take and upload photos of your weeds to identify in your truck, back at the office, or any time. You can also bookmark weeds to check again later, or share with your dealer to get more info and advice. See: http://cornandsoybeandigest.com/ site-files/cornandsoybeandigest.com/files/uploads/ag-weed-id-app.html FIWARE goes farming See: http://fr.slideshare.net/SjaakWolfert/fiware-goes-farming The Internet of Things: Race for a Standard See: http://deliberate-solutions.com/the-internet-of-things_race-for-a-standard/ Micro Irrigation System Future in Agriculture See: http://www.micromarketmonitor.com/applications/micro-irrigation-system-in-agriculture-irrigation-8886437010.html Ag Science Opportunities See: http://jobs.sciencecareers.org/jobs/agricultural-science/ You might not know this...but a lot of non-living objects are actually either male or female. Here are some examples FREEZER BAGS: They are male, because they hold everything in... but you can see right through them. PHOTOCOPIERS: These are female, because once turned off....it takes a while to warm them up again. They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed... but can also wreak havoc if you push the wrong Buttons. TYRES: Tyres are male, because they go bald easily and are often over inflated. HOT AIR BALLOONS: Also a male object... Because to get them to go anywhere… you have to light a fire under their arse. SPONGES: These are female...because they are soft... squeezable and retain water. WEB PAGES: Female...because they're constantly being looked at and frequently getting hit on. TRAINS: Definitely male... Because they always use the same old lines for picking up people. EGG TIMERS: Egg timers are female because... over time... all the weight shifts to the bottom. HAMMERS: Male... Because in the last 5000 years... they've hardly changed at all... and are occasionally handy to have around. THE REMOTE CONTROL: Female. Ha! You probably thought it would be male...but consider this: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it...and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push...he just keeps trying 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_140922_663.htm
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