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EFITA newsletter / 881 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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Audience Efita Newsletter - 880 dated June 6, 2019
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AgTech Landscape 2019: 1,600+ Startups Innovating on the Farm and in the ‘Messy Middle’, by Seana Day, a Partner at Better Food Ventures and The Mixing Bowl, with 15 years of finance, M&A and technology experience
As many of you may know, I have been tracking the majority of agtech startups for close to five years. With this release of the 2019 AgTech Landscape, I am now tracking over 1,600 startups…
Europe: Farm Tech & Supply Chain Tech Drive $1.6bn in Funding to European AgriFood Tech Startups in 2018, by Louisa Burwood-Taylor
Earlier this week, we released the Europe AgriFood Tech Investing Report in collaboration with F&A Next, detailing $1.6 billion of investment to foodtech and agtech startups in 2018.
See agfundernews.com
Old good days: Bergère et ses moutons, par James Desvarreux-Larpenteur
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ShaYoFae : Share your farming experience
ShaYoFae, a mobile app that enables information exchanges between farmers.
Farm Europe is a multicultural think tank...
...that aims to stimulate thinking on rural economies. In a European Union with 28 Member States, we are convinced that networking and the confrontation of ideas can generate and offer decision-makers ambitious, innovative, forward looking political alternatives. With our Partners and Members we share the belief that we all have a responsibility in being active players in the European project, designing and promoting forward looking ideas.
Voir farm-europe.eu
EU should celebrate but not remain complacent about food safety, by Bernhard Url, EFSA
As Europe celebrates World Food Safety Day for the first time, Bernhard Url welcomes the fact that every year, on June 7, the world’s attention will be drawn to the crucial role that food safety plays in our daily lives and to its importance in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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FoodTech Startup Spotlight: XpertSea is Bringing AI to Aquaculture in 50 Countries by Lauren Manning
Canadian startup XpertSea hopes its portable technology will replace some of the antiquated methods that many producers still use in the world’s biggest animal protein industry.
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FarmBackup’s Vision for “Borderless Farming” in Denmark and Beyond, by Jessica Pothering
Søren and Anders Knudsen grew up on a family farm in Denmark, but they didn’t necessarily plan to make a livelihood from it themselves. Nagging questions about their own family’s operational challenges, however, dragged the brothers back after university.
The biggest problem they saw had to do with machinery: their father owned a lot of expensive equipment that didn’t get a lot of use. Neighboring farms did as well. But as they dug into the issue, they realized that the real problem was farmers’ lack of data about their businesses that compelled them to invest in equipment for tasks they may be better off contracting out instead.
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Local solutions from global cooperation
Money and time always seem in short supply. In the case of Canada’s agriculture and food sector – and as articulated by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), our national agriculture ministry – constraints from both sides are ongoing issues when it comes to research and technological development.
See futurefarming.com
Machine-learning accurately predicts wheat yield
Machine-learning methods can accurately predict Australian wheat yield 2 months before the crop matures.
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Taranis identifies weeds and provides prescriptions
Taranis adds weed identification and herbicide prescriptions at scale to its platform.
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‘Precision farming is key to growing better crops’
AgTech start-up Taranis grew from 4 to 80 people in just a few years. A rollercoaster for CEO and founder Ofir Schlam, who says we are still in the early days of precision agriculture.
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Brazilian agriculture connected with ConectarAGRO
CNH Industrial and 7 other companies have developed ConectarAGRO, which is to bring open connectivity solutions to all the agricultural regions of Brazil.
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Fendt Momentum improves planting with smart technology
The Fendt Momentum planter is not only one of the largest, but also one of the smartest on the market.
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Bayer takes shot at reversing $80m federal Roundup verdict
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Today's short reading from the Bible
From the Genesis:
"And God promised men that good and obedient wives would be found in all corners of the earth."
Then, he made the earth round and… He laughed and laughed and laughed!
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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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