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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 13 October 2014 EFITA newsletter / 666 - 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 The twentieth Forum INIA "Nuevas Technologies Applied in the field of agricultural production: Precision Agriculture" within the fair VegetalWorld was hold in València (3 October 2014) - Spain See: http://wwwsp.inia.es/ Investigacion/OtrasUni/TransferenciaTecnologia/ForosINIA/AgricPrecision/Paginas/default.aspx Les gros volumes de données en agriculture : acquisition, organisation et valorisation (in French) 21 novembre - MONTPELLIER Voir : http://www.agrotic.org/blog/agrotic-a-20-ans/ Contact : Bruno TISSEYRE Mél : tisseyre(a)supagro.inra.fr Space-MATCH 2014 27 November – DELFT See: https://www.b2match.eu/spacematch2014 Second Séminaire Open Data en Agriculture (2nd édition – in French) 7 janvier 2015 - PARIS See: http://www.modelia.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=63 10th European Conference on Precision Agriculture (last days for abstract submission) 12-16 July 2015 - Volcani Center, Israel See: http://www.ecpa2015.com/
When technologies go wrong See: http://farmindustrynews.com/blog/when-technologies-go-wrong Utilizing the UAV for Effective Plant Stand Management Plants thrive in sunlight and the farmer, cognizant of this, makes sure that crops are arranged and planted in a manner that will allow them to get maximum sunlight. Essential to this process of organizing the field is the stand count. Done soon after... See: http://media.precisionhawk.com/topic/utilizing-the-uav-for-effective-plant-stand-management/ The march of the drones See: http://farmindustrynews.com/blog/march-drones Günther Oettinger's hearing: 5 toughest questions for the Digital Economy and Society... See: http://www.vieuws.eu/ict/5-toughest-questions-faced-gunther-oettinger-digital-economy-society-hearings-juncker-commission/ Blog: Innovator expands wi-fi product line I first ran into Bill Moffitt a few years ago when he was traveling the country talking to media to discuss his new AyrMesh wireless network tool. His idea? Take your best broadband connection at the farm and extend it across a wide area over wi-fi using a series of interconnected hubs. Moffitt is president, and founder, of Ayrstone Productivity, and he's making good on that promise with the AyrMesh Network - and he keeps adding new tech too. See: http://farmindustrynews.com/blog/innovator-expands-wi-fi-product-line
IFPRI Announces New Atlas of African Agriculture To reduce the continent’s continuing poverty and hunger, African smallholder farmers need to significantly and sustainably increase their production. They face considerable challenges, but also great opportunities. The International Food Policy Research Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the Atlas of African Agriculture Research and Development, a unique compilation of geospatial data that illustrates these diverse challenges and opportunities related to agriculture, poverty, and hunger. The Atlas—produced in collaboration with a wide range of partners, including geographic information system specialists and agricultural experts at a number of CGIAR centers and other research organizations working in African agriculture—consolidates a wide breadth of data in one package. Each of more than 30 agriculture-related topics (such as soil fertility, the impacts of climate change, and market access) is illustrated with a map and text describing what the map is telling us, why it is important, and what can be learned from it. In addition, each map points to additional resources from many of the partner organizations. The Atlas provides policymakers, development planners, and those working with African farmers powerful insights on the current state of African agriculture. It is also available online as part of the e-Atlas initiative at agatlas.org. We hope you find it useful and will share it with your colleagues and audiences, and through your social media platforms. A few suggested tweets are below. See: http://www.ifpri.org/publication/atlas-african-agriculture-research-development See: http://agatlas.org/ >> Suggested tweets: New #agatlas helps researchers & policymakers id potential target areas for ag intensification in #Africa http://bit.ly/1nPYB7O #Africa has ~ ½ of world’s uncultivated land yet continues 2 suffer from hunger. #AgAtlas explores challenges & opportunities http://bit.ly/1nPYB7O Contact: Marcia MacNeil E-mail: m.macneil(a)cgiar.org Persistent Anti-GMO Myths See: http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/persistent-anti-gmo-myths/ Consumer Perceptions of Gluten-Free Products and the Healthfulness of Gluten-Free Diets (Caroline Dunn, MS, RD) See: http://www.jneb.org/article/S1499-4046(14)00458-8/pdf 5 Agriculture stories to read Five agriculture stories this week offer tips for manure management and sulfur application. Read about propane supplies this fall, and get insight and tips for financial success on the farm during lean times. Also, watch the farm documentary Farmland on Hulu. See: http://cornandsoybeandigest.com/fertilizer/5-agriculture-stories-read-oct-3-2014
An Arab family was considering putting their grandfather (Abdul) in a nursing home All the Arab facilities were completely full, so they put him in an Italian home. After a few weeks in the Italian facility, they came to visit Grandpa. "How do you like it here?" asked the grandson. "It's wonderful! Everyone here is so courteous and respectful," said grandpa. "We're so happy for you. We were worried that this was the wrong place for you, since you are a little different from everyone." "Oh, no! Let me tell you about how wonderfully they treat the residents," Abdul said with a big smile. "There's a musician here - he's 85 years old. He hasn't played the violin in 20 years, and everyone still calls him Maestro! There is a judge in here - he's 95 years old. He hasn't been on the bench in 30 years and everyone still calls him Your Honor! There's a dentist here - 90 years old. He hasn't fixed a tooth for 25 years, and everyone still calls him Doctor! And Me - I haven't had sex for 35 years, and they still call me The Fucking Arab. 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_141013_666.htm
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