CIGR (Commission Internationale du Genie Rural)

to apply the principles of engineering science and technology to ensure food security and the sustainable use of natural resources

Announcements

Tentative schedule of CIGR Business Meeting in 2013
(during the 5th International Conference "Trends in Agricultural Engineering 2013", Prague, Czech Republic, 3-6/Sep/2013)
(appended on 27/Nov/2012)

3 September (Tue), 2013
13:00-15:30 CIGR Presidium meeting
16:00-18:00 CIGR Executive Board meeting

4 September (Wed), 2013
19:00-21:00 CIGR Section Board I - VII meetings
(depending on their request)

5 September (Thur), 2013
17:00-19:00 CIGR Technical Board meeting

depending on their request：
meetings of CIGR Working Groups

3rd CIGR International Conference of Agricultural Engineering:
"CIGR-AgEng2012"
(appended on 22/Oct/2012)

Thank you to everyone who contributed to and participated in CIGR-AgEng2012.

CIGR-AgEng2012 was held in Valencia, Spain 7-12 July, 2012. The conference brought together over 1000 participants from around the world.

Welcome Reception

Handover of 'Silver Box,' the symbol of CIGR Presidency
(during CIGR-AgEng2012)
(appended on 22/Oct/2012)

Prof. Fedro Zazueta (term of President: 2011-2012) handed over the Silver Box to Prof. Da-Wen Sun (term of President: 2013-2014).

Handover Ceremony

CIGR Business Meetings in 2012
(during CIGR-AgEng2012)
(appended on 22/Oct/2012)

Following CIGR business meetings were held during CIGR-AgEng2012.

The meeting of CIGR Presidium
The meeting of CIGR 67th Executive Board
The meeting of the CIGR 52nd General Assembly
The meeting of CIGR Technical Board
The meetings of CIGR Section Board I – VII
The meetings of CIGR Working Groups
The meeting of CIGR Journal

Pictures of business meetings

CIGR Awards and Prizes for 2012
(during CIGR-AgEng2012)
(appended on 22/Oct/2012)

CIGR President Prof. Fedro Zazueta presented the CIGR Awards and Prizes for 2012 on the occasion of CIGR & EurAgEng Award Ceremony.

Award Ceremony

CIGR Merit Award

Prof. Cengiz R. Akdeniz

Prof. Lanfang Zhang

Prof. José Tarjuelo Martín-Benito

Dr. Claus Grøn Sørensen

CIGR Fellow

Prof. Hermann Auernhammer

CIGR Recognition

Dr. Paolo Menesatti

Dr. Amauri Rosenthal

Prof. Alain LeBail

Dr. Florentino Juste

Prof. Taichi Maki

Dr. Yutaka Kaizu

CIGR Journal Prize

“Influence of environmental factors and the addition of wood shavings on ammonia and odour emissions from fresh livestock manure”

Dr. Ngwa Martin Ngwabie

Dr. KnutHakan Jeppsson

Prof. Gosta Gustafsson

Prof. Sven Nimmermark

“Effect of temperature, relative humidity and moisture content on germination percentage of wheat stored in different storage structures”

Mr. Abhiman Arjun Sawant

Mr. Sujit Chandrakant Patil

Mr. Sandit Babal Kalse

Dr. Nayansingh Jatansingh Thakor

CIGR Armand Blanc Prize

“Comparative study of architectures for proximal sensing in vines”

Ms. Verónica Sáiz-Rubio

“Non-destructive texture analysis of farmed salmon using hyperspectral imaging technique”

Dr. Di Wu

CIGR Honorary President

Prof. Søren Pedersen

The System of CIGR Supported Events
(appended on 11/Nov/2011)

When a CIGR national (or regional) member or CIGR Section (or Working Group) hosts or co-organizes the event, the event can be supported by CIGR.

In order to be supported by CIGR ...

Please send CIGR Secretary General an e-mail of request for the support.

After the approval ...

The NAME and LOGO of CIGR can be used on the website and the printed matters of the event.

This event will be announced on the CIGR website.

It is possible to post notification of the event in the CIGR Newsletter.

After the event ...

Please send a report to CIGR Secretary General. This report will be presented in the CIGR Newsletter.