Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 26 February 2018
EFITA newsletter / 815 - European Federation for Information Technology
in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Propaganda und Desinformation: Bitte nicht mehr "Fake News"
sagen (in German)
Hat die Debatte über Desinformation etwas genützt? Ist die Öffentlichkeit
heute wachsamer? Abgenommen hat die Propaganda jedenfalls nicht, wie die
vergangenen Wochen aufs Scheußlichste zeigen.
"Lügen erscheinen dem Verstand häufig viel einleuchtender und anziehender
als die Wahrheit, weil der Lügner den großen Vorteil hat, im Voraus zu
wissen, was das Publikum zu hören wünscht."
Hanna ARENDT, "Die Lüge in der Politik" (1972)
Sehen: http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/propaganda-und-desinformation-bitte-nicht-mehr-fake-news-sagen-a-1195020.html
No More Hunting
See: http://thestarryeye.typepad.com/pets/2009/11/newspaper-letter-to-the-editor-no-more-hunting.html
To correspond with me (GW), please use this address: guy.waksman(a)laposte.net
To subscribe the efita newsletter (please ask your friends and colleagues
to test this link)
See: http://www.informatique-agricole.org/efitas-newsletter-subscription/
Weekly newsletters about ICT in Agriculture in English and French
Both newsletters have around 14000 subscribers.
>>> Last weekly EFITA Newsletters in English (created in 1999)
See: http://www.informatique-agricole.org/efita-newsletters/
>>> Last weekly AFIA Newsletters in French (created 20 years
ago in 1997)
Voir : http://www.informatique-agricole.org/les-gazettes/
Around 15% of subscribers have a look on these newsletters. A rather normal
rate…
The archive for the last years are available on the AFIA web site.
|
Séminaires |
>>>
Journée Internet des Objets (IoT) en agriculture – le
28 avril 2017 à Boigneville |
Precision Agriculture: InfoAg 2018
17-19 July, ST. LOUIS
If you have an interest in precision agriculture, you should attend. InfoAg is the premier conference on the practical application of precision agriculture. It features an educational program that includes plenary, breakout, and workshop sessions along with an extensive exhibit hall of leading hardware, software, and services vendors to precision agriculture. The educational programs are perfect for learning new perspectives about how to put technology to work in the field and hearing more about new products and services as well as the unique perspective on the global research efforts in testing and creating new technologies.
See: https://infoag.org/
African Agtech Market Map: 99 Technologies Changing the Future of Agriculture in Africa
See: https://agfundernews.com/african-agtech-market-map.html
 |
Syngenta Acquires FarmShots For Undisclosed Amount
What does FarmShots do? FarmShots analyzes satellite & drone imagery of farms.
> Reduce scouting effort by as much as 90%
Map out potential signs of diseases, pests, and poor nutrition for scouting, reducing the area that needs to be covered by hand as much as 90%. With blazing-fast, high resolution imagery, detecting crop problems and resolving issues is easier than ever.
> Reduce fertilizer application by as much as 40%
Turn imagery into a prescription map for fertilizer application. Optimize farm production and view analytics on farm performance. Data is exportable into nearly all agricultural software for prescription creation.
> Use in the field and out
FarmShots comes with a responsive design that is simple and optimized for use on all tablets, laptops, and phones.
See: https://agfundernews.com/ag-industry-brief-syngenta-acquires-farmshots-plus-ma-trimble-joins-thrive.html
See: http://farmshots.com/
|
|
|
Trimble Joins THRIVE Platform
SVG Partners announced Trimble as the latest corporate partner in its THRIVE Agtech Venture & Innovation platform. Trimble specializes in GPS, wireless communications and analytics software across a range of industries. THRIVE is designed to connect young start-ups with established companies like Trimble to bring new tools to more farmers.
See: https://agfundernews.com/ag-industry-brief-syngenta-acquires-farmshots-plus-ma-trimble-joins-thrive.html
See: http://www.svgpartners.com/news/triable-joins-svg-partners-thrive-platform
A researcher’s dream: French PhD candidate studies cattle at 47 Ranch (really interesting! - GW)
See : http://www.myheraldreview.com/news/a-researcher-s-dream/article_99172272-0643-11e8-9202-efcb34e39080.html
Contact: Jean Paul AUDOIN
Mél : audoinjp(a)gmail.com
|
|
The
Efita newsletter is sponsored by:
|
Short supply chain EU Knowledge and Innovation Network Project
The Short Supply Chain Knowledge and Innovation Network, SKIN, is where good practices and local stories of innovation in the short food chains domain are. This is the place where food plays an essential role in bringing producers and society values on food together.
The SKIN technical activities reached the target of the collection of 100 good practices at EU level, being innovative practices in the short food chain domain and the primary target of the project innovation challenge workshops. The thematic workshops will explore the core topics and unravel the main challenges connected to the project objectives, including, short food chains products freshness, distribution and industries, technologies, new skills, the role of AKIS, consumers and society, regulation.
To tackle all the aforementioned topics, dedicated working groups have been set up, being in charge of explore each challenge and coordinate the EU-level workshops. SKIN will travel around Europe to engage with local stakeholders and connect local good practices one with the other, to exchange knowledge and foster bottom-up innovation in the short food supply chain domain. Out of these thematic workshops, 30 ideas on innovation while coaching services will be generated and provided respectively for 10 new demand-driven projects, with the ultimate goal of fostering new models for food producers and citizens to come closer together based on trust and on shared values on food.
Register to the SKIN community to stay updated with the project's news!
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement N.728055.
See: http://www.shortfoodchain.eu/Legal/Newsletter-Registration.kl
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shortfoodchain
Proagrica Announces Plans to Acquire SST Software
See: https://agfundernews.com/ag-industry-brief-syngenta-acquires-farmshots-plus-ma-trimble-joins-thrive.html
See: https://proagrica.com/2018/02/05/proagrica-announces-definitive-agreement-acquire-us-farm-solutions-company-sst-software/
|
Next
Efita
Congress in Greece in 2019! |
EFITA
President: Michael Clasen |
Super Bowl Tickets
A friend of mine has two tickets for the Super Bowl in Minneapolis, at the new U.S. Bank stadium on Sunday, February 4.
They are box seats and he paid $3,500 per ticket, which includes the ride to and from the airport, lunch, dinner, a $400.00 bar tab and a pass to the winners' locker room after the game.
What he didn't realize, when he bought them last year, was that it's on the same day as his wedding.
If you are interested, he is looking for someone to take his place.
It's at St. Paul's Church at 3 p.m. Her name is Ashley. She's 5'4", about 115 pounds, a good cook, loves to fish and hunt and will clean your truck. She'll be the one in the white dress.
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_180226_815.htm
The archives of this newsletter
See: http://www.informatique-agricole.org/category/gazette-efita/
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
About the EFITA mailing list
You can use the efita moderated list (> 15000 subscribers) to announce
any event / product / web site / joke (!) related to IT in agriculture,
environment, food industry and rural areas.
If you want to subscribe a friend, please fill in his
form.
If you do not wish to receive our messages, please fill in the following
form...