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EFITA newsletter / 859 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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Farm & Food 4.0
21. Januar 2019 – BERLIN (DE)
Sehen farm-and-food.com
See program
Audience Efita (12/31/2018)
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Why 2018 Was the Best Year in Human History! By Nicholas Kristhof
Once again, the world’s population was living longer and living better than ever before.
People often assume that because I cover war, poverty, hunger and genocide, I must be perennially morose, the Eeyore of journalists. But I’m actually upbeat because I’ve witnessed such progress in my reporting career. When I was in university in the early 1980s, 44 percent of people on Earth lived in extreme poverty; now fewer than 10 percent do. When I was a kid, a majority of humans had always been illiterate; now fewer than 15 percent are. Every day, another 305,000 people get access to clean drinking water.
See Nicholas Kristof (NYT)
Survey for farmers: Is technology the way to improve farming?
In an agricultural market where gross margin and profitability are becoming increasingly tighter, the application of Precision Agriculture Technologies (PAT) can potentially contribute to a better economic, environmental and social farm performance. These technologies, including the use of information technology, satellite positioning data, remote sensing and proximal data collection, can optimise production efficiency, improve working conditions, increase farmers’ income, and reduce unintended impacts on the environment.
To get a better view on the use of Precision Agriculture Technologies in European agriculture, a partnership including the European Commission is launching a survey for European farmers. The survey wants to learn more about European farmers' awareness and experiences on Precision Agriculture Technologies. Both users and non-users of PAT are welcome to fill in the questions.
See ec.europa.eu
The survey is available in English through this link.
Translations in 22 other European languages can be found through this link.
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Economía colaborativa: ¿llegará algún día el 'Uber' del sector?
El sector agrario mantiene su viabilidad con unos márgenes cada vez más reducidos, es un hecho constatable y que pone en peligro su viabilidad a medio plazo. También es cierto que aún son muchos los productores que siguen mirando más la cuenta de ingresos que la de gastos a la hora de hacer su balance económico.
Ver revistaagricultura.com
Journal of Agricultural Informatics Vol 9, No 3 (2018) has been published
>>> Journal articles of Vol 9, No 3 (2018)
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The issue of Vol 9, No 3 (2018) in PDF:
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Papers in the Vol 9, No 3 (2018):
Jan C. Thiele
Participative dendromass bioenergy modeling in regional dialogs with the open-source BEAST system
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Mark K. Boitt, Flomena C. Langat, John K. Kapoi
Geospatial agro-climatic characterization for assessment of potential agricultural areas in Somalia, Africa
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Basuti Bolo, Dimane Mpoeleng, Irina Zlotnikova
Geospatial information system land evaluation analysis for rainfed farming using multi-criteria decision analysis approach
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Edmond Rexhepi, Harallamb Paçe, Hekuran Vrapi, Arbenita Hasani
Overview of the decision support system and fruit growth stages to predict the action threshold in order to control the apple scab in Kosovo
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Pliakoura, Alexandra, Beligiannis, Grigorios and Kontogeorgos, Achilleas
Mobile device applications usability assessment: The example of an agricultural management application
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Adebukola Onashoga, Olusegun Ojesanmi, Femi Johnson, Femi Emmanuel Ayo
A fuzzy-based decision support system for soil selection in olericulture
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Contact: Miklós HERDON (Editor in Chief)
E-mail: JAI-L(a)agr.unideb.hu
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FAO / AIMS Newsletter no.79, December 2018
The underlying goal of AIMS at FAO of the UN team is to raise awareness and promote knowledge about information management strategies, good practices, technologies and capacity development activities on Information and Data Access Services, in particular those surrounding the AGORA, AGROVOC and AGRIS services. Apart from raising awareness of different initiatives around open access, open data and open science in the agricultural and related sectors, the AIMS at FAO team has also been actively collaborating with the FAO e-Agriculture Community of Practice (2018: a remarkable year for e-Agriculture).
See aims.fao.org
The changing face of ‘steel’ tech, by Willie Vogt
Rising investment in innovations and tools is bringing new opportunities for agriculture.
See farmprogress.com
Gradual switch from diesel to gas and electricity
Hybrid and methane-powered engines seem to be the most logical successors to the diesel engine. The fully electric drive is on the way too, though that is some time off yet. Diesel’s days in agriculture are numbered. We analyse what the near future holds.
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
What I learned at work this year by Bill Gates
- Alzheimer
- Polio
- Energy (Nuclear)
- Vaccine and the next epidemic
- Gene editing
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In the meantime, Melinda and I are working on our next Annual Letter. The theme is a surprise, though it is safe to say we’ll be sharing some positive trends that make us optimistic about the future.
See gatesnotes.com
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Congress in Greece in 2019! |
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 |
WHAT ONE CAN EXPECT IN 2019! (already told?)
CALLER: Is this Gordon's Pizza?
GOOGLE: No Sir, it's Google Pizza.
CALLER: I must have dialed a wrong number. Sorry.
GOOGLE: No Sir, Google bought Gordon’s Pizza last month.
CALLER: OK. I would like to order a pizza.
GOOGLE: Do you want your usual, Sir?
CALLER: My usual? You know me?
GOOGLE: According to our caller ID data sheet, the last 12 times you called you ordered an extra-large pizza with three cheeses, sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms and meatballs on a thick crust.
CALLER: OK! That’s what I want...
GOOGLE: May I suggest that this time you order a pizza with ricotta, arugula, sun-dried tomatoes and olives on a whole wheat gluten-free thin crust?
CALLER: What? I hate vegetables!
GOOGLE: Your cholesterol is not good, Sir.
CALLER: How the hell do you know???
GOOGLE: Well, we cross-referenced your home phone number with your medical records. We have the result of your blood tests for the last 7 years.
CALLER: Okay, but I do not want your rotten vegetable pizza! I already take medication for my cholesterol.
GOOGLE: Excuse me Sir, but you have not taken your medication regularly. According to our database, you only purchased a box of 30 cholesterol tablets once, at Drug RX Network, 4 months ago.
CALLER: I bought more from another drugstore.
GOOGLE: That doesn’t show on your credit card statement.
CALLER: I paid in cash.
GOOGLE: But you did not withdraw enough cash according to your bank statement.
CALLER: I have other sources of cash.
GOOGLE: That doesn’t show on your last tax return unless you bought them using an undeclared income source, which is against the law.
CALLER: WHAT THE HELL!!!
GOOGLE: I'm sorry, Sir, we use such information only with the sole intention of helping you.
CALLER: Enough already! I'm sick to death of Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and all the others. I'm going to an island without internet, cable TV, where there is no cell phone service and no one to watch me or spy on me.
GOOGLE: I understand Sir, but you need to renew your passport first. It expired 6 weeks ago.
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