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EFITA newsletter / 893 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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Audience EFITA Newsletter / 891 dated August 19, 2019
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Good old days: Femme de paysan au travail dans le jardin, par Camille Pissarro
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ECPA Montpellier 2019
You will find on our website :
- Some statistics on the number and origin of attendees
- The link to the Keynotes presentations as well as a video of introduction for each of them
- A short video that highlights key moments of the technical day that took place at the Domaine du Chapitre, the home of the Mas numérique
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Following the technical day, as requested by some attendees, if you want some more information on the UAV demonstration, you can click here to find out.
If you wish, the printed version of the proceedings can still be purchased on the website shop (limited to 42 copies). The price is 60 € including shipping costs.
Once again, thanks to all of you and see you in Budapest in 2021, The ECPA 2019 Organizing Committee
IoF2020 (Internet of Food and Farm 2020)
IoF2020 fosters the large-scale uptake of IoT technologies in the European food and farming sector. With €30-million co-funded by the EU, the project has the potential to drastically improve the sustainability and productivity of the European farming and food sector, while demonstrating the added value of smart webs of the connected objects in 33 use cases, covering 5 trials (e.g. arable crop, dairy, meat, vegetables and fruits) throughout Europe.
> Vegetables Trial Update 2019
Solving unexpected challenges through constant improvement is at the heart of our project. Due to this guiding principle, several of our vegetables use cases have their products up and running now. The next steps are to further refine these innovations, attract potential users and explore the opportunities to expand the technologies to use cases in other sectors. This status update gives you an overview of what’s happening in our vegetables trial, through various articles and interviews. Among them are:
- A foreword by Manuel Berenguel, Technology Chair of the Vegetables Trial;
- An interview with Cristina Micheloni, Ecosystem Chair of the Vegetables Trial;
- An article dedicated to new breeding techniques and crop optimisation;
- Updates from our use cases in other trials.
> Use case update: feed supply chain management
> Digital transformation is on the political agendas globally
> Young cooperative members congress in valencia
> Booklet
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Latest Future Farming magazine
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Agronomy decision making, by Doriane
Agronomists handle high amount of heterogeneous data and must take accurate decisions fastly. They use specific tools to store, query, analyze and report their research data. Digital tools secure and valorize vegetal R&D information but require some standardization. How to stay creative and innovative with a research software?
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Doriane, Agro and IT expertise made in France
For 30 years now, Doriane has been putting its expertise at the service of seed companies around the world through its RnDExperience® software. This is a tool designed for business research and development, capable of managing data, protocols and all the processes that go into research.
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Contact: Romain ROYER
E-mail: romain(a)doriane.com
BASF and Ontera collaborate on precision diagnostics
Ontera Inc. and BASF have announced a research collaboration to detect diseases and resistances in plants leveraging Ontera’s molecular diagnostic platform.
See futurefarming.com
Portable tech sniffs out plant disease in the field
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed portable technology that allows farmers to identify plant diseases in the field.
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Technology to move Australian agriculture forward
A 3-year project aimed at unearthing new ways to move Australian agriculture forward has wrapped up with a list of 39 emerging technologies and 24 new industries.
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Anyway, among present and past political responsible people, only a few has been worse than Stalin! This is only a not very good joke!
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France, world seed market leader
France is global leader in seed trade export with over EUR 3,3 billion seeds and nursery plants in the 2017-2018 campaign. European leader in varieties registration and seed production area, France has managed to keep a key role in the world seed market over the years. What are the main characteristics of this success? Surely having the greatest arable surface in Europe and being a country of food industry excellence helps. Also, France benefits from an honorable plant research and seed breeding historical background.
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Contact: Romain ROYER
E-mail: romain(a)doriane.com
Are the effects of climate change already visible in global agricultural statistics except local crises?
>>> Cereal production, utilization and stocks
>>> Wheat production, utilization and stocks
>>> Rice production and area
Vegetarian diet is not that good for you…
Nutrition and Health – The Association between Eating Behavior and Various Health Parameters: A Matched Sample Study (2014), Nathalie T. Burkert, Johanna Muckenhuber, Franziska Großschädl, Éva Rásky, Wolfgang Freidl
Our results revealed that a vegetarian diet is related to a lower BMI (body mass index) and less frequent alcohol consumption. Moreover, our results showed that a vegetarian diet is associated with poorer health (higher incidences of cancer, allergies, and mental health disorders), a higher need for health care, and poorer quality of life. Therefore, public health programs are needed in order to reduce the health risk due to nutritional factors.
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Old good days: Harvest in Ukraine, by Nikolai Korniliewitsch Pimonenko
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Scientists isolate drought-resistant gene in barley
Research led by Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, will help crops resist global heating
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In Catholic schools, students are taught that lying is a sin. Jesuit instructors are also advised that a bit of imagination is OK to express the truth differently without lying
This is a perfect example of this teaching the truth: getting a hair dryer thru U.S. customs.
An attractive young woman on a flight from Ireland asked the priest beside her, "Father, may I ask a favor of you?"
"Of course child. What can I do for you?"
"I bought my mother an expensive hair dryer for her birthday. It is unopened, but well over the customs limits and I'm afraid they'll confiscate it. Is there any way you could carry it through customs for me? Could you possibly hide it under your robes for me?"
"I would love to help you my dear; but, I must warn you, I will not lie!"
"With your honest face, Father, I'm sure no one will question you!"
When they got to customs, she let the priest go first. The official asked, "Father, do you have anything to declare?"
"From the top of my head down to my waist, I have nothing to declare."
The official thought this answer a little strange, so he asked, "And what do you have to declare from your waist down to the floor?"
"I have a marvellous instrument that has been designed for use on women, but which, to-date, remains unused."
Roaring with laughter, the Customs Officer said, "Go ahead, Father. Next, please!"
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