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EFITA newsletter / 900 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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Good old days (for everybody?): Le repos de la paysanne par Léon Augustin Lhermitte
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Dear Guy,
What an achievement!! The next one will be 900 Efita Newsletters and a massive audience and still growing!!
Congratulations and many thanks for all your hard work over the years.
The Newsletter is the premier method that EFITA has to communicate with its members and others interested in ICTs in agriculture, food and the environment.
Please keep up the good work.
Best regards, Ian HOUSEMAN
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Asia Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Week
20-22 November - Singapore
See agrifoodinnovation.com/
Good old days (for everybody?): La Récolte de pommes de terre par Camille Pissarro (1893)
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Pontifax AgTech holds first close of Fund II on $140m with $170m committed
Pontifax’s portfolio includes several ag biotech companies such as AgBiome, Anuvia, Caribou Biosciences, Concentric, and Tropic Biosciences, as well as farm management software group Conservis, traceability and tracking software FoodLogiq, and flower delivery company Bouqs.
See agfundernews.com
UK remote sensing startup Hummingbird Tech closes Series B on $10m with BASF, Telus joining SALIC-led round
Hummingbird, founded in London in 2016, uses drones, AI and satellite imagery to produce high-resolution maps that help farmers forecast crop stress, pinpoint disease and weeds, and predict yields within 24 hours. CEO Will Wells says it provides farmers with a “consistent input optimization now of 10-20%, depending on geography and product.” An example of crops Hummingbird specializes in are cereals, canola, potatoes, sugarcane, corn, peas, soybean and lettuce.
See agfundernews.com
French poultry tech startup Tibot Technologies raises €3m seed round for health-boosting robot
The company designs robots intended to increase the technical and economic performance of poultry operations and to improve the breeder’s work conditions. Since launching, it has worked as close to the field as possible so that it can better realize the heavy constraints that the poultry industry is working against when it comes to improving animal welfare while also increasing profitability for poultry operations.
See agfundernews.com
See ENVI® Deep Learning in Action
The ENVI Deep Learning module removes the barriers to performing deep learning with geospatial data and is currently being used to solve problems in agriculture, utilities, transportation, defense, and other industries.
Watch a short demo to see how the ENVI Deep Learning module was used to solve one specific problem – providing real-time, actionable intelligence to relief organizations responding to a natural disaster.
See harrisgeospatial.com
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French contractor lets farmers grow with precision ag
French contractor Pierre Henri-Hamon is one of the speakers at About Future Farming. His company Hamon Agriculture is an early adopter of precision farming technology and initiated a network of fellow French contractors in 2014. The technology is used to help farmers produce crops more efficiently.
See futurefarming.com
India launches Uber-like app for farm equipment
The Indian government has launched an Uber-like app for renting farm equipment.
See futurefarming.com
XAG and Bayer demonstrate drone spraying in China
Bayer and XAG demonstrated autonomous drone spraying technology in Hangzhou, China.
See futurefarming.comv
Yield guarantee program to let farmers try new tech
Growmark and Growers Edge have partnered to help farmers embrace new technologies without financial risk.
See futurefarming.com
DEMETER will digitally transform Europe’s agri-food sector
The DEMETER project will monitor plant and animal products from farm to fork and increase on-farm profitability.
See futurefarming.com
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Regenerative Agriculture Could Help Stop Climate Change -- Can Tech Help Us Get There? By Karn Manhas, Founder and CEO of Terramera (regenerative farming = agriculture de conservation des sols en français)
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I believe regenerative farming practices such as no-till, compost application, livestock rotation and cover crops are promising alternatives that could create positive environmental impacts. These methods could help farmers improve soil health, increase biodiversity, retain water, decrease erosion and lessen dependence on chemical inputs.
It might seem like a no-brainer for farmers to adopt regenerative practices — after all, every farmer I know cares deeply about the environment and the integrity of the land. The trouble is that not all conventional farms and big agricultural operations are set up to support these methods. Expensive infrastructure and highly specific machinery, from combines to AI-powered robotic fruit pickers, are often designed for the current system: one type of crop on one parcel of land. Farmers who are faced with extremely tight margins, rising costs (paywall) and the challenges of growing food in a shifting climate may be heavily invested in the status quo and reliant on their current farming practices to stay competitive.
To shift this system, I believe we need tools that can help farmers adapt while still remaining profitable.
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See forbes.com
The solution to climate change is just below our feet (regenerative farming = agriculture de conservation des sols en français)
An innovative agriculture-tech startup is leading the effort to pull one trillion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and restore carbon to the soil through regenerative farming practices.
See nationalgeographic.com
The Nobel Prize and the Power of Hope
Many years ago, I met Esther Duflo, a brilliant French economist teaching development economics at M.I.T., and I’m thrilled that she just became the youngest economist to win a Nobel at 46 years old. It’s much deserved, for her work with the other winners, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer, on randomized controlled trials is enormously important. Basically, they do field experiments to see what works at what cost. I’m a great believer in these R.C.T.’s because they provide actual evidence to guide us in trying to address global or domestic poverty, and that’s why I’ve recommended the new book by Duflo and Banerjee.
I’ve learned a lot from Duflo on another topic: the power of hope. Years ago, Duflo did a study in India and found that a program (based on BRAC’s graduation model) was more effective than made sense. She eventually came to believe that that was because it gave poor people hope that they could improve their outcomes, and then they worked harder as a result. I’m a strong believer as well in the idea that both despair and hope can be self-fulfilling, and that this should be reflected in public policy. It’s something that my wife and I write about in our next book.
Nicholas KRISTOF, Opinion Columnist
See NTY
Good old days (for everybody?): Corn Field by Edvard Munch
Little Boy
A little boy out riding his bicycle knocked down an old lady.
She was a bit shaken, but got up, dusted herself off, then turned to the little boy and said, 'Don't you know how to ride a bike?'
Yes, he answered, but I don’t know how to ring the bell yet.
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