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EFITA newsletter / 865 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment

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60 AgriFood Tech Startups Nominated for 2019 AgFunder Innovation Awards – Vote Now!

We’re very excited to open our Third Annual AgFunder AgriFood Tech Innovation Awards, where we recognize the innovators and entrepreneurs driving the agrifood tech sector forward.

Our nomination committee of experienced agrifood tech investors has selected a shortlist of startups for you–our network of 60,000+ subscribers–to vote on.

Voting will close at 5 pm PT on February 28. The winners will be exclusively announced at the ReThink Agri-Food Innovation Week in San Francisco on March 20 at a special networking evening bridging the World Agri-Tech and the Future Food-Tech Summits.
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Dirt to Soil by Lynn Betts

Gabe Brown’s new book recounts how he regenerated a degraded farm’s soil into a healthy, profitable farm.
North Dakota farmer and rancher Gabe Brown thinks every day about a statement Canadian rancher Don Campbell made at a conference 20 years ago in Bismarck. “I’ll never forget. Don said, “‘If you want to make small changes, change the way you do things. If you want to make major changes, change the way you see things.’” Brown recalls.
.../...
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Turning to AI for help, by Willie Vogt

Expert systems, sensors and other tools are making machines smarter, but there’s a reason.
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Data sharing key for AI in agriculture

Farmers must keep in mind that companies that develop algorithms depend on their data. That is why data sharing is so important, states the Agricultural Data Coalition.
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Kuhn I-Spray uses AI to locate and treat weeds
Kuhn is developing a sprayer that uses artificial intelligence to locate and treat weeds.
Kuhn is developing its I-Spray system in partnership with Carbon Bee. Kuhn I-Spray aims to dratically reduce the consumption of plant protection products. According to the company, initial figures show saving up to 80%.
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RNAI technology to target specific pests
A new start-up called RNAissance aims to create pesticides that target specific pests, without having an impact on the surrounding environment or consumers.
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Taranis tool for crop emergence and stand count

Taranis launched a new solution that monitors crop emergence and maximizes fertiliser programs.
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This German Startup Has Just Planted 50M Trees with its Search Engine
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US "Organic consumers Association" against vaccines!!! (Terrible liars! - GW)
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The Two Codes Your Kids Need to Know, by Thomas L. Friedman

The College Board came up with a surprising conclusion about keys to success for college and life.
Answer: the ability to master “two codes”... computer science and the U.S. Constitution.
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Good review article on Roundup…
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Next Efita
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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


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