CIGR Newsletter No 43
OTHER ACTIVITIES
International Conference on Agricultural Engineering : ‘Engineering Challenges in Agriculture in Developing Countries in the 21st Century’
The Ghana Society of Agricultural Engineering (GSAE) in cooperation with the Dept. of Agricultural Engineering of the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana organises this conference on 20-25 September 1998.
Topics include: *Farm Power and Machinery *Post-harvest Technology and Biotechnology *Soil and Water Engineering *Energy in Agriculture *Agricultural Systems Engineering *Structures and Environment *Electronics in Agriculture *Agricultural Waste Management *Agro-Industry *Agricultural Engineering Education *Extension and Training *Ergonomics *Terramechanics *Standards and Safety.
Language: English.
Further information: Dr. Komla Dzisi, Dept. Agricultural Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Fax.: +233 51 60137 E-mail: ustlib@ust.gn.apc.org
6th Annual Conference on Integrated Local and Foreign Manufacturing of Agricultural Equipment and Machinery
This conference will be held at the Rice Mechanisation Centre (RMC), Meet El-Deeba, kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt on 21-22 October 1998.
Topics : *Role of scientific research in manufacturing *Unified standardisation of equipment, etc. *Integrated cooperation between manufacturers and other institutions *Suggesting ideas to solve problems in manufacturing.
Languages: English and Arabic.
Further information from:
Dr. M. Nabil El Awady, President of MISR Society of Agricultural Engineering, Conference coordinator, College of Agriculture, Ain Shames University, P.O.B. 68 Hadaek Shobra, Cairo 11241, Egypt. Fax. : +20 2 221 44 61
International Symposium on Applications of Modelling as an Innovative Technology in the Agri-Food Chain
This symposium will be held in Wageningen, The Netherlands on 29 November - 2 December 1998 and is organised by
the International Institute of Refrigeration and the International Society of Horticultural Science.
Central theme of the MODEL-IT symposium is the development and application of quality-oriented models throughout the agri-food chain.
Topics cover the complete field of modelling quality aspects of agricultural products in relation to *growing and production *storage *processing *packaging *distribution and transport *retail and consumption.
Language: English
Maximum number of participants: 200
Information from: IAC/SOCC, MODEL-IT, P.O. Box 88, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Fax.: +31 317 41 85 52
E-mail : MODEL-IT@ATO.DLO.NL
The 30th Annual North American IECA Conference and Trade Exposition
This International Erosion Control Association event will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, USA on 22-26 February 1999.
Further information from: 1999 IECA Conference Programme, P.O. Box 4904, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477-4904, USA.
Fax.: +1 970 879 8563 e-mail: ecinfo@ieca.org
1999 Internationale Tagung : Bau, Technik und Umwelt in der Landwirtschaftlichen Nutzdierhaltung
This conference will be held on 9 and 10 March 1999 in the Technical University of Munich, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany.
Schwerpunkte der Tagung:
- Ethologische und physiologische Grundlagen für die Entwicklung von Tierhaltungssystemen
- Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung
- Landwirtschaftliches Bauen
- Bewertung von Tierhaltungssystemen
- Umwelttechnik in der Tierhaltung
- Produktentwicklung, Marketing Service.
Languages: German and English , without simultaneous translation.
Further information from: Dr. Manfred Schurig, Bayer. Landesanstalt für Landtechnik, Vöttinger Str. , 36, D-85354 Freising, Germany.
Fax.: +49 8161 71 34 63
http://www.tec.agrar.tu-muenchen.de/tagungen.html
1st Asia-Pacific Conference and Trade Exposition on Ground and Water Bioengineering for Erosion Control and Slope Stabilisation
This IECA event will be held in Manila, The Philippines on 19-21 April 1999.
Category of presentations: infrastructure and transportation development, forestry, agriculture, rivers, canals and shorelines, watershed management, socio-economic issues, mining.
Further information from: Conference Secretariat, 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Ground and Water Bioengineering, Philippine Congress Organising Centre, P.O. Box 4486, Ermita, Manila, The Philippines.
Fax: +63 2 521 2831 or +63 2 521 8304
E-mail: pcoc@manila-online.net
International Symposium on New Approaches in Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control Management
This event will be held on 12-15 May 1999 in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. The symposium which is sponsored by ICID will be focused on new solutions for land and water management in the Central and Eastern European countries under the transitional conditions as well as to appropriate strategies to promote water management policies for the benefits of environment, society and economy.
The following topics will be discussed:
- Current policy and regulations for restructuring irrigation, drainage and flood control management in European countries
- New technical requirements for irrigation and drainage systems
- The role of irrigation and drainage in sustainable development of agricultural land
- Environmental aspects of water resources and effects of global climate change on water regime
Contact: Research Institute of Irrigation, Slovak National Committee of ICID, Vrakunska 29, 825 63 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Fax.: +421 7 248 946 E-mail: vuzh@vuzh.sk
International Congress on Regulations in Animal Production in Europe
This congress will be held in Kurhaus Wiesbaden, Germany on 9-12 May 1999. It is organised by the Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft KTBL. The purpose of this congress is to present and compare the legislative framework in Europe and the transformation of EC animal production regulations into national law.
The major topics to be discussed in various sections will be water pollution, emission control, farm planning and animal welfare.
The objectives of this congress are :
- to provide an overview on regulations and differences among EC Member States
- to reveal economic consequences on farm level as well as on regional and national levels
- to conclude recommendations for further planning in politics.
Congress language is English.
Further information from:
Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft e.V. (KTBL), Andreas Hackeschmidt, Bartningstrasse 49,
D-64289 Germany.
Fax.: +49 6151 7001 123 E-mail: a.hackeschmidt@ktbl.de
URL: http://www.dainet.de/ktbl
Global Soy Forum 1999 - World Soybean Research Conference VI.
The Global Soy Forum 1999 and World Soybean Research Conference VI will take place on August 4-7, 1999 in the Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Chicago, Illinois, USA. This is the first worldwide assembly of soybean producers, researchers, industry leaders, policy makers and consumers.
More information can be obtained from: Mary Auth, National Soybean Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 165 EASB, 1101 West Peabody Dr. , Urbana,
IL-61801, USA.
Fax.: +1 217 244 1707 E-mail: gsf99@uiuc.edu
TAE’99 - International Conference on Trends in Agricultural Engineering
This event is scheduled for 15-17 September 1999 in Prague, Czech Republic. It is organised by the Technical Faculty of the Czech University of Agriculture.
Main topics will include:
- Theoretical basis of agricultural engineering
- Techniques in plant production
- Buildings and techniques in animal production and processing industry
- Energy and mobile transport means
- Quality, reliability and maintenance of machines
- Electronics and automation
Conference language: English
Important dates:
September 30, 1998: preliminary registration
December 31, 1998: submission of abstract (no more than 100 words)
February 20, 1999: Second announcement & notification of acceptance
April 30, 1999: submission of papers.
Contact address:
Conference TAE’99, Czech University of Agriculture Prague, Technical Faculty, 165 21 Prague 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
Fax.: +420 2 209 21 361
E-mail: tae99@tf.czu.cz
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