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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 7 May 2018

EFITA newsletter / 825 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


Each week, at least 1700 people open the efita newsletter

But we have no idea about the number of people who read it without open it.
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Baby talking funny in phone (do not miss this video)

See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWU4ZPS8X_k


New Ag International Academy

18 – 27 June 2018
8 Days - 3 Countries (Netherland - Italy - Spain) - 6 sectors:
- Plant Nutrition
- Biostimulants
- Biological Plant Protection
- Irrigation/Fertigation
- Greenhouse Cropping
- Precision Agriculture
See: https://www.newaginternational.com/index.php/en/academy

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Weekly newsletters about ICT in Agriculture in English and French
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>>> Last weekly EFITA Newsletters in English (created in 1999)
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>>> 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

Modelia / Afia

>>> Journée Internet des Objets (IoT) en agriculture – le 28 avril 2017 à Boigneville
Voir : http://www.numerique.acta.asso.fr/iot_agriculture28avril2017/


>>> Robotisation en agriculture : états des lieux et évolution
(séance publique de l'Académie d'agriculture de France du 25 janvier 2017)
Voir :
http://academie-agriculture.fr/actualites/academie/seance/academie/robotisation-en-agriculture-etats-des-lieux-et-evolution?250117


>>> Réseaux sociaux et Agriculture
(séance publique de l'Académie d'agriculture de France du 23 mars 2016)
Voir : http://www.academie-agriculture.fr/seances/reseaux-sociaux-et-agriculture?230316

>>> Big Data et Agriculture (10 mars 2016)
Voir : http://www.informatique-agricole.org/actes-du-seminaire-big-data-du-10-mars-2016/

>>>
API Agro (10 février 2016)
La conférence "API-AGRO", organisée par l'Acta, a rassemblé plus de 150 personnes autour des API et de l'Agriculture Numérique... Revivez la conférence organisée par les partenaires du projet.
Voir : http://www.api-agro.fr/actes-conference/


>>> 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


7 Factors That Could Make or Break Digital Farming

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Finally, digital farming must be economical and scalable, and the platform must create and deliver value for all stakeholders. Economics, scalability, and value creation ensure that the platform and its presented capability will be used and profitably integrated. The genie is out of the bottle, and these concepts are a part of digital farming and are leading an agricultural revolution.
See: http://www.precisionag.com/service-providers/business-management/7-factors-that-could-make-or-break-digital-farming/


Nigeria: ”Knowledge and perception of farmers on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in Ife-Central Local Government Area of Osun State: Implications for rural development” in Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development (JAERD).

See: http://academicjournals.org/journal/JAERD/article-abstract/30FD8EB56129
Information about this paper provided by Ehud GELB
Mail: ehud.gelb(a)mail.huji.ac.il


Garford’s Robo-pilot for row-crop tractor guidance

An alternative to GNSS satellite-based guidance for tractors working in row crops has been developed from a precision hoeing system to further increase accuracy and reduce operator fatigue when carrying out row-crop operations.
See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Machinery/Articles/2018/4/Garfords-Robo-pilot-for-row-crop-tractor-guidance-271950E/


How to distinguish maize from soybean on satellite images

A new technique to distinguish maize and soybean fields on satellite images has been developed.
See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Machinery/Articles/2018/4/How-to-distinguish-maize-from-soybean-on-satellite-images-273541E/


Sometimes ‘ready-to-use’ proves less ready than expected

The Dutch National Experimental Ground for Precision Farming (NPPL) is gaining momentum. The government initiative to boost precision farming with expert support for 6 practical arable farmers is starting to bear fruit. Or rather – it is becoming clear here and there why precision farming fails to break through in to the farmer’s day to day practise.
See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Smart-farmers/Articles/2018/4/Sometimes-ready-to-use-proves-less-ready-than-expected-277692E/


 


How a high-tech robot is running a UK cheese cave

Despite having been in the cheesemaking business for 20 years, Richard Calver says he’s still got plenty to learn.
See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Machinery/Articles/2018/3/How-a-high-tech-robot-is-running-a-UK-cheese-cave-3066WP/


Western Australia rural telecoms fund

Farms and other agricultural businesses in Western Australia can apply for match-funding grants to improve digital technologies helpful to their enterprises.
See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2018/3/Western-Australia-rural-telecoms-fund-257680E/


How Will Grower-Owned Digital Ag Tools Change the Game? by Emma Cosgrove

A telecom executive and a grower cooperative and IBM are coming together to create a new set of digital ag tools.

The Grower Information Services Cooperative (GiSC) is a farmer-owned cooperative storage system for data that offers cloud-based data capture software. The telecom exec is Ronald LeMay, who along with being the former CEO of FarmLink, GoGo Inflight Internet Services, Japan Telecom, and Sprint PCS, is also the founder of Main Street Data.
See: https://agfundernews.com/grower-owned-digital-ag-tools.html


PrecisionHawk Partners with FAA on Blueprint for Flying Beyond Visual Line of Sight by louisa Burwood-Taylor

The potential for drones to revolutionize the agriculture industry reached fever pitch in 2015 when startups selling drone hardware, services and imagery analysis software to the industry raised $326 million from venture capital investors. That was a 189% increase on 2014, according to AgFunder data.
See: https://agfundernews.com/drones-agriculture-precisionhawk-partners-faa.html

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Top 10 Most Intelligent Animals

See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQMP74-XziI


Bee Vectoring Technology

See: http://www.beevt.com/about/bee-vectoring-technology/
See: https://youtu.be/K2UfwhnyWzU


Two elderly gentlemen...

Two elderly gentlemen... from a retirement centre were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says: 'Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?'

Slim says, 'I feel just like a new-born baby.'

‘Really!? Like a new-born baby!?'

'Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.'

Next Efita
Congress
in Greece in 2019!

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E-mail: michael.clasen(a)hs-hannover.de


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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
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