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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 31 August 2015


EFITA newsletter / 706 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment

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In memoriam : Khaled Al-Asaad
See: http://www.theguardian.com/world/
2015/aug/22/beheading-of-khaled-al-asaad-keeper-of-palmyra-unites-syria-in-condemnation



Mont Saint-Michel, an amazing site between Normandy and Brittany (France)
See: http://mont-saint-michel.monuments-nationaux.fr/en/

Next Efita
Congress
2017

Montpellier - France at SupAgro Ag University

See: https://www.supagro.fr/
See: http://www.agrotic.org/blog/


Contact : Jean-Pierre CHANET, Bruno TISSEYRE
Mél : jean-pierre.chanet(a)irstea.fr, tisseyre(a)supagro.inra.fr


Crop Farming 2030. The Reinvention of the Sector
Imagine a farmer who, rather than relying on his gut instincts, lets farm management software apply smart algorithms and a large pool of field data to make the daily decisions on how to work his fields. Instead of sitting on equipment outdoors, he and a handful of associates operate all the equipment for a farm covering thousands of hectares from a control room. GPS-guided autonomous drones constantly provide the data required for the algorithms, and other GPS-guided equipment works the fields with precision, sometimes even at the level of the individual plant. The crops have been genetically engineered to resist most fungi, viruses, and insects and are highly efficient in their uptake and use of nutrients. As a result, the farm needs less fertilizer, water, and crop protection than it did in the past.
See: https://www.bcgperspectives.com/
content/articles/process-industries-innovation-crop-farming-2030-reinvention-sector/



Ag music (and GPS, strongly related to the previous paragraph)
Holidays and 2 tasks :
- Practice trombone
- Work in the fields
See: https://www.facebook.com/redtrombone?fref=nf (19 August / 19 août 19:43, Face book page of Valentin Guérin)

Séminaires

Modelia / Afia

>>> Réseaux sociaux et Agriculture (19 juin 2015)
Voir : http://www.informatique-agricole.org/base-documentaire/afia-colloque/2015_-_reseaux-sociaux/#wpfb-cat-87

>>> Open Data en Agriculture - 2ème partie (7 janvier 2015)
Voir : http://www.modelia.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=63


>>> Les nouveaux capteurs en Agriculture (19 avril 2014)
Voir : http://www.informatique-agricole.org/colloques-afia/afia-colloque/2014_-_capteurs/#wpfb-cat-5



>>> Open Data en Agriculture - 1ère partie : état des lieux et perspectives (12 novembre 2013)
Voir : http://www.modelia.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=63


>>> 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


Contact : Jean-Pierre CHANET, François BRUN
Mél : jean-pierre.chanet(a)irstea.fr, francois.brun(a)acta.asso.fr


GI 2015 & ICIA 2015
(1) The GI 2015 in Dresden on 15.9.2015 where after 6 keynotes in the morning – details see enclosed links- the afternoon will be reserved for 2 workshops “Enabling Innovation for Informing farmers” and “ICT supporting Innovative Advisory Services” with a report of the outcoming of the workshop. Please register at latest until 31.8.2015 and send the registration form to GI2015@IGN-SN.de; conference location is Bergstrasse 120, 01069 DRESDEN, Germany.

See: http://GDI-SN.blogspot.de/


(2) The AgriFutureDays 2015, 28.-29.9.2015 in Beijing, China that will take part in cooperation with the CAAS (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) and their 8th ISIITA (Internat. Symposium on Intelligent Information Technology) and the 9th CCTA (Internat. Conference on Computer and Computing) from 27.-30.9.2015. The Club of Ossiach Chair, Dr. Ajit Maru as well as other members of CoO like Karel Charvat, Prof. Alberts Maris, Mr. Andrej Mertelj, Dr. Monika Varga and me will take part with keynotes and run also a workshop about “Enabling Innovation for Informing farmers” and “ICT supporting Innovative Advisory Services”. The Agrifuture Days will take place at the Beijing Xijiao hotel. Details see enclosed links as well as at http://www.nercita.org.cn/icia2015/index-english.asp

- Registration procedure: please fill in the Information sheet for Registration and feedback to bijieying@caas.cn and icia2015@vip.126.com. It’s also highlighted in the Information sheet and ANNOUNCEMENT-ICIA.

- Hotel can be booked by the conference if you fill in your preference in the Information sheet. Detail information for recommended Beijing Xijiao hotel which is also the venue for the conference together with links (http://www.xijiao-hotel.com.cn/en/index.html) is mentioned in the Announcement.

- A matching session for export and import interested companies will be arranged on the 29th September. We expect to get a list of Chinese companies interested in import and export during the next few days. If you are interested to meet these companies please let us know what is your special interest. We will forward this request to our Chinese partners.

For any question regarding to one of the two sessions, feel free to contact Club of Ossiach.

As the Club of Ossiach has an intention in the future to support the necessary ICT education for agriculture-forestry-environment, we would like to know who of you is interested in working with us as an instructor? Send us a short note. We will register you and inform you about details in time.

Contact : Ajit MARU & Walter MAYER
E-mail: clubofossiach(a)agrifuturedays.com

 

Precision ag hot spot
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/precision-farming/precision-ag-hot-spot


Pinpointing problem spots in-season
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/crop-protection/pinpointing-problem-spots-season


Isagri
ISAGRI, European leader in agriculture software market, works closely with its distributors and partners around the world. Expand our operations abroad is part of our genetic. That is why ISAGRI is always looking for new distributors and partners.
See: http://www.isagri.com/Ressources/Pages/Accueil.aspx


Isagri UK
See: http://www.landmarksystems.co.uk/


Isagri Canada
See: http://www.siga.net/accueil

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Could NeoTop’s water spheres save California?
Israeli state-of-the-art modular cover system decreases evaporation of reservoirs and saves precious water while preserving quality.
See: http://ibdconsulting.com.au/site/could-neotops-water-spheres-save-california/


From clays to mosaics
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEc-ESRjntg&feature=youtu.be
Signalé par Paul JAMET
Mél : paul.jamet(a)free.fr


The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c".. Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.

The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing public enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f".. This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expected to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.

Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi TU understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.


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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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