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Châtenay-Malabry (FR
- 92290), 23 May 2016
EFITA newsletter / 738 - European Federation for Information Technology
in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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Next
Efita
Congress
2 - 5 July 2017
Please,
note these dates!
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Montpellier
- France at SupAgro Ag University
See:
https://www.supagro.fr/
See: http://www.agrotic.org/blog/
Should you wish to take the opportunity of EFITA 2017 to organise
a meeting for a research project or a work group, or make a special
presentation of your activities, please contact us as soon as possible.
The organisers and scientific committee will do their best to integrate
this event in the conference programme and offer you the right support
to organise it.
Contact: Jean-Pierre CHANET, Bruno TISSEYRE
E-mail : jean-pierre.chanet(a)irstea.fr, bruno.tisseyre(a)gmail.com
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Always be training your replacement. Just a couple days of kindergarten
left. Time to learn how to plant!
See: https://www.facebook.com/TheFarmersLife/videos/1015333611855178/
EFITA 2017
Should you wish to take the opportunity of EFITA 2017 to organise a
meeting for a research project or a work group, or make a special presentation
of your activities, please contact us as soon as possible. The organisers
and scientific committee will do their best to integrate this event
in the conference programme and offer you the right support to organise
it.
Contact: Jean-Pierre CHANET, Bruno TISSEYRE
E-mail : jean-pierre.chanet(a)irstea.fr, bruno.tisseyre(a)gmail.com
Two ICT-AGRI workshops and many other interesting events within ICT
& Agriculture
25 May – ROTTERDAM
29 June - AAHRUS
ICT-AGRI is organising two workshops in the next two months before the
summer break. May 2016 brings the first which will happen at the CAPIGI & GEOAGRI conference
in Rotterdam. The second workshop of ICT-AGRI will be held in June at
the CIGR AgEng NJF Conference
in Aarhus. Many other relevant events for the sector of ICT in agriculture
you find under Community events on ICT-AGRIs website.
Se: http://ict-agri.eu/node/36507
New Horizon Project CAPSELLA conducts its with first Workshop at the
end of May
30-31 May - VOLTERRA
The new Horizon project CAPSELLA (Collective Awareness
PlatformS for Environmentally-sound Land management based on data technoLogies
and Agrobiodiversity) took its first steps on 1 January 2016. CAPSELLA
will deepen the roots of sustainability in agri-food systems by harnessing
scientific and local knowledge around the theme of agro-biodiversity
by making use of novel, improved and demand-driven ICT solutions. The
first workshop of CAPSELLA will take place in Volterra at the SIAF premises, about 40
Km from Pisa on the 30th and 31st of May 2016.
See: http://ict-agri.eu/node/36498
Mapping of projects within ICT and robotics for agriculture
26-29 June – AAEHUS (DK)
ICT-AGRI is collecting data about ongoing projects within ICT and automation
for a sustainable agriculture. The results of the analysis of these
data will be presented as an introduction to a discussion on how collaboration
among projects may be encouraged and supported in the ICT-AGRI workshop.
See: http://ict-agri.eu/node/36495
Call for
papers for a Focused Section on Mechatronics Applications in Agriculture
Paper submission deadline: 15 July 2016. For further information
concerning topics and manuscript submission details, please download the full CFP.
See: http://ict-agri.eu/node/36137
ICT-AGRI Call 2017 - Farm Management Systems
ICT-AGRI is preparing a call for transnational projects to be launched
in November 2016 and closed for applications in February
2017. Over the summer ICT-AGRI will discuss this call with stakeholders
and potential applicants, and seek funding commitments. The scope of the
call is to support activities concerning the implementation of Smart Applications
on farms in three different areas.
See: http://ict-agri.eu/sites/ict-agri.eu/files/public/ICT-AGRI_Call_2017_draft_ver_2.pdf
See: http://ict-agri.eu/node/36500
Map of French Farm Drives
See: http://www.drive-fermier.fr/carte_drive_fermier
Old great days weed control
Forum
Phyo: InfoFlash for English Readers - 1602
– In Canada, free seeds to bring back the bees
– Glyphosate : EFSA answers the attacks
– “Amish use GMOs, pesticides yet cancer rates remain very low”
– Food risks : John Oliver mocks misleading science with Todd Talks
– To smile and think: “Salt, Vinegar, and Glyphosate”
– A new style for ForumPhyto
See: www.forumphyto.fr/2016/05/24/infoflash-for-english-readers-1602/?lang=en
Activists stir debate over reported weed killer in wines
“You would have to drink 2,500 glasses of wine a day for 70 years
to reach the EPA’s level of concern,” said Gladys Horiuchi, spokeswoman
for The Wine Institute of San Francisco, an advocacy group for about 1,000
winemakers and related businesses.
See: http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/activists-stir-debate-over-reported-weed-killer-in-wines/article_bc4d31ec-0583-5109-a9e9-0eff6a052d0e.html
Michelle Miller, Farm Babe (@thefarmbabe)
See: http://www.facebook.com/IowaFarmBabe
See: https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2016/05/19/farmers-view-celebrities-embrace-organic-cotton-gmos-sustainable/
Bus
Driver
An orthodox Rabbi dies and goes to heaven. As he's approaching the
gates, he hears a band of singing and dancing angels approach, and begins
to get excited. The lead angel approaches the Rabbi and asks if he would
mind stepping aside for a moment. Shocked, the Rabbi does so. The angels
march out of the gates and encircle a man who has also approached the
gates. The man is an Egged bus driver [Egged, pronounced like egg-head
without the h, is the Israeli tour bus company.]
The joyous parade of angels carry the bus driver in ahead of the Rabbi.
When the parade is gone, an angel returns to the Rabbi and says, "You
can come in now." The angel begins to lead the Rabbi inside alone.
The Rabbi, somewhat confused, says, "I'm not one to make waves or
anything, but I need to know something. I think I've been a good Rabbi.
I've worked hard all my life. Why is it that the Egged bus driver gets
led in by a band of angels ahead of me?"
The angel says, "Well, frankly, Rabbi, whenever you preached, people
slept. But whenever he drove, people prayed."
Two short European jokes
(1) Portuguese / Spanish "arrogance"
“In a recent survey, 11 out of 10 Spaniards said they felt superior
to the others.
(2) Finns / Swedes
What’s the difference between the Swedes and the Finns?
The Swedes have got nice neighbours.
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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: mickjharkin(a)gmail.com
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