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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 25 June 2018

EFITA newsletter / 832 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


International Forum of Agricultural Robotics

11 - 12 December 2018 - TOULOUSE – France
Two days to discover agricultural robotics and exchange with pioneers in the field.
See: https://fira-agtech.com/en/


ECPA Montpellier 2019

8 - 11 July 2019 - MONTPELLIER
We are pleased to announce that the abstract submission for ECPA ‘19 is now open. We invite you to submit your abstracts through the conference website. Submissions for abstracts for the conference proceedings will close on the 1st October, 2018. All abstracts will be assessed and a decision communicated to the submitting author by the 15th October. For accepted abstracts, submission of the full paper is required by the 30th November. The closing date for the poster abstracts will advised later.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

- Abstracts must briefly describe the work to be discussed in the paper and provide a concise summary of the findings. It is expected to be 500 words minimum and 600 words maximum with no references and no figures.
- Abstracts must be submitted using the online submission link.
- All abstracts must be submitted in English.
- The names and affiliations of ALL authors should be included in the abstract, i.e. department, institution, city, country

Please visit the following webpage for full guidelines and abstract submission:
http://ecpa2019.agrotic.org/abstract-submission/


We are looking forward to meet you in Montpellier.
See: http://ecpa2019.agrotic.org/

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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


How archaeology can improve crop input decisions

Archaeology could have a role in helping to explain some of the in-field variations detected by drones and satellites, thereby helping farmers make better crop input decisions.
See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2000/1/How-archaeology-can-improve-crop-input-decisions-3590WP/


Pushing for more accessible data by Matt McIntosh

Feel overwhelmed by data? If so, you’re more than likely not alone. For farmers and Canada’s rural community in general, data overload can have a direct impact on the adoption of more efficient agriculture techniques – and our understanding of how practical improvements can be made on-farm.
See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2018/4/Pushing-for-more-accessible-data-268274E/


Farming: There's an App for That

More farmers are going high tech, maximizing yields of crops by tapping GPS, data analytics, and apps—tools known as precision agriculture.
See: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/future-of-food/food-future-precision-agriculture/


New cloud-based crop monitoring platform from EOS

Cloud-based (monitoring) systems developed by start-ups are emerging faster and faster nowadays. Californian start-up EOS introduced its Crop Monitoring platform aimed at input suppliers, farmers, commodity traders, crop insurance companies, and all members of the Agriculture supply chain.
See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2018/4/New-cloud-based-crop-monitoring-platform-from-EOS-270080E/


Grain temperature recording with Lishman MiniTemp Blue

Bluetooth and mobile device app technology are combined to make it easier for growers and bulk store managers to record grain temperature and make decisions on crop cooling ventilation.
See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2018/4/Grain-temperature-recording-with-Lishman-MiniTemp-Blue-270001E/

 


Weather data: The next holy grail?

Capturing unaffectable variables in plant growth and quality is likely to get a lot easier and a lot less expensive thanks to startups, scale ups and the Internet of Things (IoT). Especially since Lemken and CNH Industrial are starting to (re)sell weather stations.
Se: https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2018/6/Weather-data-The-next-holy-grail-295966E/


The Precision Ag Corner in New Ag International

>>> Remote Crop Sensing, Proximal Crop Sensing
See: https://newaginternational.r.worldssl.net/images/flipbooks/PA-NovDec2017-LR-20N.pdf

>>> Coloured maps in Precision Agriculture
See: https://newaginternational.r.worldssl.net/images/PrecisionAg_March2018.pdf

>>> Sensors at work!
See: https://newaginternational.r.worldssl.net/images/flipbooks/PrecisionAgCorner-Eng-SepOct.pdf


Build a Digital Strategy for Your Farm by Dr. John Fulton

See: http://www.cornandsoybeandigest.com/data/tips-build-digital-farm-strategy


Digitization that provides safe and transparent mobile solution to Indian farmers

SourceTrace Systems specializes in agriculture software mobile applications for developing economies with a primary focus on sustainable agriculture and empowerment of smallholder farmers. SourceTrace farmer centric mobile applications help manage the agriculture value chain all the way to the last mile to enable smallholder farmers participate in global markets. SourceTrace mobile applications are scalable from small co-operatives, farmer producer companies to large agribusiness corporations and government agencies working in the sustainable development sector.

SourceTrace mobile applications provide complete visibility from field to market and tracks the value chain at the source – even in remote, low bandwidth environments. eService Everywhere (ESE™) helps to capture all interactions at the touchpoints of the smallholder farmers at the field level for enhanced traceability and improved accountability of the value chain.

SourceTrace Systems ESE™ platform sets the industry standard for mobile applications in remote and low-bandwidth environments by successfully deploying in three continents. Real time information allows management to increase operational efficiencies and reduce costs and contributes to “smart” agriculture and incentivizes smallholder farmer organizations to embrace technology and increase their production.

See: http://www.sourcetrace.com

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See: http://icfa.org.in/


Crop Scouting: Part 1 - Tips and Tools

See: http://cornandsoybeandigest.com/weeds/crop-scouting-part-1-tips-and-tools


Crop Scouting: Part II - Scout for insects early

See: http://cornandsoybeandigest.com/insects/crop-scouting-part-ii-scout-insects-early


Dutch manufacturer works on small electric tractor

The Dutch manufacturer of a large electro hybrid carrier tractor called Multi Tool Trac, confirmed it is working on a smaller autonomous model.
See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Machinery/Articles/2018/6/Dutch-manufacturer-works-on-small-electric-tractor-292521E/


Malaysian Palm Oil Council

See: http://www.mpoc.eu/


Technology is getting crispr by Daniel Kelley

See: http://globalfarmernetwork.org/2018/04/technology-is-getting-crispr/
See: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-file-manager/file/582df76221b559de0536a2c2


Next Efita
Congress
in Greece in 2019!

EFITA President: Michael Clasen
E-mail: michael.clasen(a)hs-hannover.de


Fears mount over WhatsApp's role in spreading fake news

App blamed for circulating false information in India, Brazil, Kenya and now the UK
See: https://theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/17/fears-mount-over-whatsapp-role-in-spreading-fake-news


Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker

If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science.

Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? In this elegant assessment of the human condition in the third millennium, cognitive scientist and public intellectual Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data: In seventy-five jaw-dropping graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise, not just in the West, but worldwide. This progress is not the result of some cosmic force. It is a gift of the Enlightenment: the conviction that reason and science can enhance human flourishing.

Far from being a naïve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against currents of human nature--tribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinking--which demagogues are all too willing to exploit. Many commentators, committed to political, religious, or romantic ideologies, fight a rearguard action against it. The result is a corrosive fatalism and a willingness to wreck the precious institutions of liberal democracy and global cooperation.

With intellectual depth and literary flair, Enlightenment Now makes the case for reason, science, and humanism: the ideals we need to confront our problems and continue our progress.
See: https://amazon.com/dp/0525427570/ref=rdr_ext_tmb


USDA Announces Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Preliminary Pest Risk Assessment for GE Citrus Tristeza Virus Permit

See: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAPHIS/bulletins/1ef3c47


The Neonic Ban: A Scientific Fraud Becomes Enshrined In EU Regulatory Law, by Henry I. Miller

See: http://www.science20.com/henry_i_miller/the_neonic_ban_a_scientific_fraud_becomes_enshrined_in_eu_regulatory_law-232399



Final agreement between North Korea and the USA


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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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