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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 10 November 2014


EFITA newsletter / 669 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment

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To correspond with me (GW), please use this address: guy.waksman(a)laposte.net


Acker Bilk: great link, thanks!
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jZeXvpyZQ
Slows down the busy days...
Best regards
See: http://www.landw.uni-halle.de/lb/
Contact : Peter WAGNER
E-mail: peter.wagner(a)landw.uni-halle.de


Second Seminar Open Data in Agriculture (in French)
7 January 2015 - PARIS
See: http://www.modelia.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=63

Next Afia seminar
7 January 2015

Second Open Data seminar (weather data & pests-diseases data in crop and animal productions)
See: http://www.modelia.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=63

(French) Free FMIS
See: http://ekylibre.com/#page-top


e-Agriculture online forum: ICTs for family farming (see archives of this forum)
From 22 September to 6 October 2014, all interested people were invited to share their experience and opinions about how effective communication and community media really are in rural areas, and to discuss with our guest subject...
See: http://www.e-agriculture.org/forums/communication-development-community-media-and-icts-family-farming-and-rural-development


Gauging interest in drones
We recently hosted a poll on our website to gauge how farmers think and feel about using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on their operations. And it appears there is a lot of interest in the technology. In light of closing down our UAV poll and sharing the results with you, we’re also rounding up some interesting recent news on UAVs.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/precision-farming/gauging-interest-drones


Mapping U.S. Agriculture
See: http://blogs.usda.gov/2014/10/28/mapping-u-s-agriculture/


Field coverage calculator on a smartphone by eFarmer company
Se: http://efarmer.mobi/


10 steps how a farmer could sell on Facebook
See: http://efarmer.mobi/10-steps-farmer-sell-facebook/

Séminaires

Modelia / Afia


>>> La modélisation entre recherche et développement agricole, allers et retours... Des modèles scientifiques aux outils logiciels : ambitions, expériences, réflexions, propriété intellectuelle (29 mars 2013)

Voir :
http://www.modelia.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=35


>>> Open Data en Agriculture : état des lieux et perspectives (12 novembre 2013)
Voir : http://www.modelia.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=63

Contact : François BRUN
Mél : francois.brun(a)acta.asso.fr


>>> Les nouveaux capteurs en Agriculture (19 avril 2014)
Voir : http://www.informatique-agricole.org/colloques-afia/afia-colloque/2014_-_capteurs/#wpfb-cat-5
Contact : JP CHANET
Mél : jean-pierre.chanet(a)irstea.fr


Public Universities & Veterinary Medical Colleges Groups Announce Creation of Task Force on Antibiotic Resistance in Production Agriculture
See: http://worldagnetwork.com/public-universities-veterinary-medical-colleges-groups-announce-creation-of-task-force-on-antibiotic-resistance-in-production-agriculture/


Phytophthora - the plant destroyer
Awareness film for the Food and Environment Research Agency educational film, looking into a new plant disease and how to stop it.
See: http://vimeo.com/96690045


When Being Green Is Just Plain Yellow (A rather excessive but significant point of view: nothing only is in black or white! - GW)
There are three types of environmentalists: the good, the bad and the stupid. I've met the good and the very good. The bad can only be described as bordering on evil. As for the stupid, some of my critics would put me in that category whenever I voice my skepticism about global warming being due to mankind. I'll admit ignorance on the issue of climatology but I do know how to recognize truth versus deceit on the subject.

Dumb is no excuse for journalists being too cowardly to expose the eco terrorism that destroys legitimate construction projects. Are we too spineless to question who's behind the powerful environmental groups that are responsible for influencing government agencies to act against our interests ? Why did the Federal Bureau of Reclamation cut off the irrigation pumping to Southern California farms to protect a tiny indigenous fish ? Since July, the farmlands have dried up and unemployment in the area has reached 40 percent.

Journalists know that the United States has more oil than the entire Middle East, but we're not allowed to drill for it because of environmental activism. They've searched the news reports at www.usgs.gov for the latest oil discoveries. But do they ask who's funding these eco groups or are they too afraid to find out that it may be those who supply our current oil needs and don't want us to be independent ?
So let's continue to pay twice for light bulbs made in China that contain toxic mercury because we've been told it will save the planet. Let's forget what it will do to our landfills. Let's not question who's making money off our gullibility, and let's continue to be green until we get rid of that big yellow streak down our backs.
See: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0814/colon082514.php3


The 10 greatest changes of the past 1,000 years
See: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/30/10-greatest-changes-of-the-past-1000-years


From China cities (an incredible dynamism)
See: http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/oct/30/china-obsession-vertical-cities-skyscrapers-urbanisation-megacity
See: http://www.designyourway.net/blog/inspiration/supertall-architectural-projects-to-be-built-in-china-30-buildings/


Monsanto Honored by Science Magazine as a 2014 Top Employer
See: http://news.monsanto.com/
press-release/recognition/monsanto-honored-science-magazine-2014-top-employer

See: http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/
career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2014_10_17/science.opms.r1400147



On average, a French man will have sex two to three times a week… (sorry for Japanese friends)

Whereas a Japanese man will have sex only one or two times a year.

This is upsetting news to me, as I had no idea I was Japanese.

EFITA 2015
9 June 2015 - 2 July 2015
POZNAN (Poland)


EFITA 2015: Sustainable Agriculture through ICT innovation

Jerzy WERES
E-mail: weres(a)up.poznan.pl

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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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