Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 30 July 2018
EFITA newsletter / 837 - European Federation for Information Technology
in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Research Frontiers in Precision Agriculture, theme of the next AFITA/WCCA2018
Conference
25 – 27 October 2018 - MUMBAI
AFITA is holding this International Conference, in conjunction with INFITA's
and the World Congress on Computers in Agriculture (WCCA)
See: http://www.afita2018.org/AFITA/afita_wcca2018/
See: http://www.infita.org
Contact: J. ADINARAYANA, Professor & Head Centre of Studies in Resources
Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, MUM BAI - 400 076, India
See: http://www.csre.iitb.ac.in/adi/
>>> A message from J. ADINARAYANA…
Please allow me to introduce. I am a faculty member and Head of CSRE,
IIT Bombay (http://www.csre.iitb.ac.in/faculty.php)
and President of the Asia-Pacific Federation for Information Technology
in Agriculture (AFITA)
http://www.afita2018.org/afita-board-member.htm
I would like to encourage you to submit a paper and attend AFITA/WCCA2018
conference in India during 24-26th October 2018. This is the premium ICT
in Agriculture conference in Asia and is a chance to network with the
top researchers from around the world. Abstracts are due shortly. Selected
papers will be asked to submit to special volumes of Scopus journal. Please
also forward this email to your colleagues and students who may also wish
to submit a paper.
http://www.afita2018.org/afita_wcca2018/index.html
Please share this conference information to your peers/colleagues/students
and other networks. Look forward to receiving your kind cooperation and
seeing you in Mumbai for this global conference dealing with Grand challenge
area.
With best regards,
J. ADINARAYANA, Professor & Head Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering
IIT Bombay, Powai, MUMBAI - 400 076, India
https://www.csre.iitb.ac.in/faculty.php
President AFITA (www.afita2018.org)
Editorial Member: Geoderma Regional (Elsevier); CIGR-VII/ICT
To correspond with me (GW), please use this address: guy.waksman(a)laposte.net
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Journée Internet des Objets (IoT) en agriculture – le
28 avril 2017 à Boigneville |
Data access has become a key issue for the agricultural sector, which could benefit from European space programmes. EURACTIV.fr reports.
Voir : https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/agricultural-industry-eyes-space-data/
Smart farming trying to find its feet in EU agriculture
The EU Common Agricultural Policy after 2020 should mobilise both direct payments and rural development pillars, in order to pave the way for the introduction of much-needed digital technologies in the farming sector, experts in precision agriculture told euractiv.com.
Voir : https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/smart-farming-trying-to-find-its-feet-in-eu-agriculture/
Agricultural industry eyes space data
Data access has become a key issue for the agricultural sector, which could benefit from European space programmes. EURACTIV.fr reports.
See: https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/agricultural-industry-eyes-space-data/
Smart farming trying to find its feet in EU agriculture
The EU Common Agricultural Policy after 2020 should mobilise both direct payments and rural development pillars, in order to pave the way for the introduction of much-needed digital technologies in the farming sector, experts in precision agriculture told euractiv.com.
Voir : https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/smart-farming-trying-to-find-its-feet-in-eu-agriculture/
The digital farmers’ market by Ama Lorenz
See: https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/the-digital-farmers-market/
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Flying cameras can spot lethal disease sweeping through world's olive groves
Fast-spreading Xylella fastidiosa is devastating species from citrus to oak trees, but can now be detected from the air.
See: https://theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/25/flying-cameras-to-spot-lethal-disease-sweeping-through-worlds-olive-groves
Pessl Instruments and John Deere Together in Precision Agriculture and Environmental Monitoring
We are pleased to announce that Pessl Instruments and John Deere are entering into sales cooperation in the EU 28+ countries. The cooperation will be offered to all John Deere distributors and partner companies, giving them access to the complete Pessl Instruments product portfolio and support by sales and service teams and the group of agricultural experts. The integration of hardware will be done for John Deere Operations Center, thus further strengthening the leading position of both parties in precision agriculture.
See: http://metos.at/home/pessl-instruments-and-john-deere-together-in-precision-agriculture-and-environmental-monitoring/
ecoRobotix plans spot spraying robot for weed control
A Swiss technology start-up aims to help growers cut their herbicide bills by introducing a spot-spraying robot that targets individual weeds surviving an initial overall or band spraying treatment.
https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2018/5/ecoRobotix-plans-spot-spraying-robot-for-weed-control-283124E/
EU Code of Conduct on agricultural data sharing
A coalition of associations from the EU agri-food chain recently launched a joint EU Code of Conduct on agricultural data sharing The Code promotes the benefits of sharing data.
See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2018/5/EU-Code-of-Conduct-on-agricultural-data-sharing-283135E/
The Walmart field drone: Useful tool, or corporate overseer?
Walmart, one of the largest retail companies in the world, recently requested patent rights for drone technologies related to farming – including those that can precisely apply pesticides and pollen on the fly.
See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2018/5/The-Walmart-field-drone-Useful-tool-or-corporate-overseer-271976E/
Agriculture Tech Aims to Optimize Science of Farming (Intel)
See: https://iq.intel.com/agriculture-tech-optimize-science-farming/
Intel Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation
See: https://newsroom.intel.com/press-kits/intel-50/
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The mystery of the ‘rogue wheat’
See: http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/12/canada-gmo-wheat-mystery/
Top 20 Global Seed Companies in 2017 byJason Zhang, Editor of AgroPages
The steady development of the French seed industry is attributed to its good climate and rich crop varieties, enabling France to take up a dominant position in the EU and even in the world. According to statistics, the French seed sales for the 2014–2015 financial year reached 3.254 billion euros, ranking first among the seed production countries in the EU. After the war, the French seed industry experienced a change from a government-guided business pattern to a commercialized business pattern, thus further being carried over to the global seed business pattern, run by multinationals since the end of the 20th century. The commercialized pattern of seed breeding has greatly enhanced the competitiveness of the French seed industry. The stress laid on science and technology, efforts made for research and development, as well as the sound legislation and the intellectual property system, respectively, provide the commercialized seed breeding industry of France technical and institutional support.
See: http://news.agropages.com/News/NewsDetail---26905-e.htm
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How to manage crops in drought year
Ag company plots provide farmers with real-world challenges and solutions.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/crops/how-manage-crops-drought-year
European Soil Data Centre Newsletter No.112 (June -July 2018)
See: https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/public_path/newsletter/201806.pdf
Trump Got From NATO Everything Obama Ever Asked For
But alliance members leave Brussels bruised and confused.
See: https://nytimes.com/2018/07/12/opinion/editorials/trump-nato-obama.html
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Efita
Congress in Greece in 2019! |
EFITA
President: Michael Clasen |
Old man
Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical.
A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young woman on his arm.
A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, 'You're really doing great, aren't you?'
Morris replied, 'Just doing what you said, Doc: 'Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.''
The doctor said, 'I didn't say that… I said, 'You've got a heart murmur, be careful.'
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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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