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Châtenay-Malabry (FR
- 92290), 12 December 2016
EFITA newsletter / 760 - 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: http://www.efita2017.org/
See:
https://www.supagro.fr/
See: http://www.agrotic.org/blog/
Contacts
:
Jean-Pierre CHANET (Irstea)
Bruno TISSEYRE (AgroTIC SupAgro)
Olivier NAUD (Irstea)
Mél : jean-pierre.chanet(a)irstea.fr, tisseyre(a)supagro.inra.fr,
olivier.naud(a)irstea.fr
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EFITA 2017
Dear Colleagues,
EFITA is the European conference dedicated to the future use of ICT
in the agri-food sector, bioresource and biomass sector. It was launched
and is supported by the European Federation for Information Technology
in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (EFITA).
The first EFITA was held in 1997, and 2017 is the 11th of the series.
Montpellier, France, had the pleasure to welcome the event already in
2001 and is most happy to do it again. We hope that you will enjoy the
event in the pleasant site of the renowned Montpellier Supagro school.
We will make our best to provide a nice atmosphere for knowledge sharing
and thinking the future of ICT technologies within the agri-food and
bioresource sectors.
We welcome proposals of related events such as project meetings and
ICT demonstrations to take place within the conference schedule and
facilities. Special sessions may also be proposed. Please contact the
organizing committee.
A technical tour to ICT in agriculture and territory management will
be organized at the end of the conference (july 6th). The conference
pages will be updated regularly. Please, tick the days in your agenda
and you are welcome already to browse the topics and abstracts/date
sections.
On behalf of the organizing committee.
Dr. Jean-Pierre CHANET (President of the AFIA, Irstea), Dr. Olivier
NAUD (Irstea), Prof. Bruno TISSEYRE (Supagro).
See: http://www.efita2017.org/
Better maps, sensors are big business and a self-driving beer truck
Tech Five looks at how Apple will take on Google in the online map world
while a new report says sensors will be big business for the future.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/technology/better-maps-sensors-are-big-business-and-self-driving-beer-truck
Family turns to more tech
We're following an Illinois family that's investing in tech across the
operation for 2016 and beyond. Includes video.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/technology/family-turns-more-tech
Putting data dashboards to work
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/technology-decision-time/putting-data-dashboards-work
Shout out for the millennials, by David Kohl, Road Warrior
The millennial generation may have more to give to agriculture than
what one might think at first. They welcome new technology and are willing
to learn new skills to succeed.
See: http://www.cornandsoybeandigest.com/blog/shout-out-millennials
Groups gearing up with data help
A range of organizations are at work to help farmers take control of
this new on-farm tool.
See: http://www.farmindustrynews.com/technology/groups-gearing-data-help
Some thoughts about food, and technology
See: http://www.farmindustrynews.com/blog/some-thoughts-about-food-and-technology
France: Peasants into Frenchmen: The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914
by Eugen Weber (to get a better understanding of France, my dear and old
country as well as the complexity of our dear and old Europe - GW)
See: https://www.amazon.fr/Peasants-into-Frenchmen-Modernization-1870-1914/dp/0804710139
Germany: A fantastic video that is meeting a huge success
See: https://www.youtube.com/embed/V6-0kYhqoRo
UK: This Light of Reason: choral work for Jo Cox sung in Westminster
UK Parliament Choir premieres piece composed by Nicholas O’Neill in honour
of MP murdered by rightwing terrorist.
If thou canst take this light of reason, and light thee a little candle,
If thou canst find thy Saviour in a manger in his humiliation, and bless
God for that beginning,
If thou canst find him flying into Egypt, and accompany him in a persecution,
If thou canst follow him into the garden, and gather up some of his precious
blood and sweat,
If thou canst follow him to his scourging, and to his crucifying;
If thou canst turn this little light inward and discern where thy corruptions
are,
Thou shalt never envy the lustre and glory of the great lights of worldly
men –
Yet shalt thou see that thou by thy light hast gathered pearl and amber,
That that light shall never go out, nor the works of darkness prevail upon
thee.
See: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/07/this-light-of-reason-choral-work-for-jo-cox-sung-in-westminster
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The local news station was interviewing an 85-year-old lady because
she had just married for the fourth time
The interviewer asked her questions about her life, about what it felt
like to be marrying again at 85, and then about her new husband's occupation.
"He's a funeral director," she answered.
"Interesting," the newsman thought. He then asked her if she
wouldn't mind telling him a little about her first three husbands and
what they did for a living.
She paused for a few moments, needing time to reflect on all those years.
After a short time, a smile came to her face and she answered proudly,
explaining that she had first married a banker when she was in her early
20's, then a circus ringmaster when in her 40's, then a preacher when
in her 60's, and now in her 80's, the funeral director.
The interviewer looked at her, quite astonished, and asked why she had
married four men with such diverse careers. She smiled and patiently explained,
"I married one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready,
and four to go."
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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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