Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 31 December 2018
EFITA newsletter / 858 - European Federation for Information Technology
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Farmer’s Daughter: A very farmer Christmas — unlike anyone else’s
Farmers are special. Sometimes it seems like farmers live in a completely
different world from most people. While we’re (mostly) normal people, our
lifestyle and job create some special accommodations.
Holidays aren’t any different. So please allow me to enlighten everyone
on how our Christmas probably differs from everyone else’s.
See
agdaily.com
BetaDigitis: Share your farming experience (by Hervé Escriou, a friend
of mine, excellent agronomist and data scientist)
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See BetaDigitis
Publications by the Lleida Research Group in AgroICT & Precision
Agriculture (Spain / Cataluña) by Alex Escolà, another friend…
See GRAP
Contact: Alex ESCOLÀ
E-mail: aescola(a)eagrof.udl.cat
World Soil
Day: Startups Aiming to Improve the Condition of Ag Soils
See
agfundernews.com
Determining ag data needs for the future by Willie Vogt
Companies are generating a lot of information and putting it to work.
What’s next?
See
farmindustrynews.com
Trimble+AID : Trimble Ag Customer Rebate Program
See trimble.com
A List of Dairy Tech Startups and the Barriers to Adoption
See
agfundernews.com
The Case for Sustainable Meat, written by Keir Watson
See quillette.com
Spanish producers go digital to shorten food supply chains
Spanish producers are increasingly taking advantage of the booming Internet
and digital commerce in order to shorten the supply chain and therefore
improve their profitability.
See
euractiv.com
Farmers&co es la tienda de la gente del campo de Menorca, Mallorca,
Ibiza Y Formentera (ES)
Ver farmersandco.es
E-mail: info(a)farmersandco.es
Creating an Innovation Hub and Accelerator for AgTech, FoodTech &
WaterTech in West Africa (Ghana)
SmartHectar and enpact announce their partnership to launch an innovation
hub in West Africa, based in Accra (Ghana) focused on agriculture, food,
and water technologies.
See
SmartHectar
Airbus and John Deere partner to observe nitrogen uptake
Satellite imagery provider Airbus Defence and Space and John Deere have
teamed up to continuously observe nitrogen uptake by the crop in each
part of the field during the growing season. This so-called Live NBalance
tool was rewarded with a SIMA Silver Medal.
See
futurefarming.com
Osram presents new near-infrared LED for smart farming
Osram’s new broadband infrared LED is to help farmers plan the best time
for harvest.
See
futurefarming.com
A grower’s guide to buying a drone
Drones are widely recognised as a useful tool in arable farming. But how
to buy the right drone for the job? Here’s a grower’s guide to buying
a drone.
See
futurefarming.com
Odd.Bot robot takes on herbicide free weed elimination
Identifying weeds autonomously, eliminating them without the use of herbicides
and without human interference. That is the challenge set for the small
Odd.Bot team. They started in September this year and recently showed
their first prototype.
See
futurefarming.com
Hands-on and online training from Drone AG
British Drone AG now offers training courses for using drones to farmers.
See
futurefarming.com
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The Hard Truths of Trying to ‘Save’ the Rural Economy
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Instead of so-called place-based policies to revitalize small towns, why
not help their residents take advantage of opportunities where the opportunities
are? Geographic mobility hit a historical low in 2017, when only 11 percent
of Americans picked up shop and moved — half the rate of 1951. One of the
key reasons is that housing in the prosperous cities that offer the most
opportunities has become too expensive.
.../...
Still, there are compelling reasons to try to help rural economies rebound.
Even if moving people might prove more efficient on paper than restoring
places, many people — especially older people and the family members who
care for them — may choose to remain in rural areas. What’s more, the costs
of rural poverty are looming over American society. Think of the opioid
addiction taking over rural America, of the spike in crime, of the wasted
human resources in places where only a third of adults hold a job.
And if today’s polarized politics are noxious, what might they look like
in a country perpetually divided between diverse, prosperous liberal cities
and a largely white rural America in decline? As Mr. Galston warned: “Think
through the political consequences of saying to a substantial portion of
Americans, which is even more substantial in political terms, ‘We think
you’re toast.’ ”
The distress of 50 million Americans should concern everyone. Powerful economic
forces are arrayed against rural America and, so far, efforts to turn it
around have failed. Not every small town can be a tech hub, nor should it
be. But that can’t be the only answer.
See
NYT
Small-Town America Is Dying. How Can We Save It?
Aging populations, unemployment, addiction: Readers talk about the
obstacles to saving rural communities.
See
NYT
Watch out this Christmas season (Correlation does not imply causation)
Please, take care of yourself out on the roads this holiday season. A
recent joint study conducted by the Department of Health and the Department
of Motor Vehicles indicates that 23% of traffic accidents are alcohol-related.
This means that the remaining 77% are caused by those Snowflakes who drink
bottled water, Starbucks coffee, soda, juice, energy drinks, and crap
like that.
Therefore, beware of those who do not drink alcohol. They cause three
times as many accidents.
This message is sent to you by someone who worries about your safety.
Next
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2019 Efita International Conference
27-29 June - RHODES - Greece
The topics for the EFITA 2019 conference are detailed below within
topic groups.
Topic group 1: “Sensors”
This
topic group refers to the development or optimization of sensors
and electronics for agricultural applications, such as field scouting
and crop parameters monitoring. Particular sub-topics could be:
- New sensors (optical, reflectance, etc.)
- Wireless sensor networks
- Image processing
Agricultural robots are also within this topic, focusing on automation
and control technologies to optimise robotic applications in agriculture.
Particular sub-topics could be:
- Scouting Robots
- Action Robots
- Machine embedded ICT tools
Topic group 2: “Data”
This
topic group is related to all technologies and software that cure
data mining, data warehousing, visualisation, knowledge extraction,
big data management. Particular sub-topics could be:
- Big data management
- Data mining for agricultural information systems
- Data visualisation
- Data and Knowledge Management for extension services (with real
examples)
Other subjects within this topic are interoperability, semantics
and knowledge management, such as:
- Metadata and data standards in agriculture
- Thesaurus management, Knowledge management
- Ontologies for agriculture
- Knowledge bases and Knowledge repository services
- Web of Data, Linked Open Data
Topic group 3: “Decision”
This
topic group is about modelling for simulation, prediction, crop
management, design of ICT-intensive farming systems. Proposed sub-topics
are:
- Modelling and Simulation for agricultural production and farming
systems
- Weather prediction models for sustainable agricultural production
- Multi-Agent systems
Other “Decision” scientific work is about remote sensing, GIS technologies
and spatial management of resources. It includes sub-topics such
as:
- Remote Sensing and GIS applications
- Planning tools
- Environmental information systems and Environmental management
systems
- ICT applications for natural resources management, including forestry
- ICT applications for sustainable biomass production and use
Finally, ICT applications regarding economical, organizational and
business implications in agriculture are also used for business
decision making. Such ICT tools are divided in:
- Decision Support Systems for Agriculture
- ICT applications for food chain and logistics
- Traceability tools
- ICT and business
- Rural economies and ICT policies for rural development
Topic group 4: “Action”
This
topic group is mainly about design of ICT applications for agriculture
and sustainability focusing on precision and knowledge intensive
agriculture. It includes sub-topics such as:
- Computer tools for farming
- Models of farming activity
- Scientific computing applied to crop management
-Expert systems in agriculture
This topic group is also about web technologies and networking of
actors all along the value chain of agriculture. It includes sub-topics
such as:
- On line farm services
- Web applications (clients, devices, server-side)
- Cloud computing applications
- Social Networking, collaborative tools and crowdsourcing
- Tools for e-agribusiness
See efita2019
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