CIGR Newsletter No 47

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2nd Symposium on

Operationalisation of Remote Sensing

This symposium will be held on 16-20 August, 1999 in Enschede, The Netherlands.

For further information, please contact:

Ms. Loes Colenbrander

C/o ITC; P.O.Box 6; 7500 AA Enschede

The Netherlands

Tel: + 31 53 487 4534; Fax: + 31 53 487 4466

E-mail: colenbrander@itc.nl or consult the website:
http://www.itc.nl/ags/research/events/symposium.htm.

Agritech´99 – Chengdu

"International Exhibition on Agricultural Equipment & Technology"

Incorporated with Animal Husbandry´99 & Meatech´99

The event will take place on 1-3 September, 1999 in the Chengdu International Exhibition & Convention Centre, Chengdu, China.

Exhibition profile:

       * Agricultural machinery
       * Agrochemical and fertilizers
       * Horticultural equipment
       * Irrigation equipment
       * Fishery & aquatic resources
       * Cold storage & refrigeration
       * Food processing equipment
       * Food packaging machines & materials
       * Fruit & vegetable processing
       * Drink production equipment
       * Poultry & livestock production
       * Pig breeding
       * Meat / poultry processing equipment
       * Dairy product processing
       * Animal feeds Protein additives

For further information, please contact:

TOP REPUTE CO., LTD.

Rm. 2403, Fu Fai Commercial Centre,

27 Hillier Street, Hong Kong.

Tel.: +852 2851 8603; Fax: +852 2851 8637

E-mail: topreput@hkabc.net

13th International Conference of the International Society for
Terrain-Vehicle Systems

This conference will be held on 14-17 September, 1999 in Munich, Germany.

For further information, please contact:

Prof. Dr. Ing. H. Schwanghart; ISTVS Conference

Institute of Agricultural Machinery;

Technische Universitaet München; D-85147 Garching, Germany.

Tel: +49 89 289 15869; Fax: +49 89 289 15871

E-mail: ISTVS@lrz.tum.de

Website: http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~ISTVS/munich99.htm

TAE’99 - International Conference on Trends in Agricultural Engineering

This event is scheduled for 15-17 September, 1999 in Prague, Czech Republic.

It is organized by the Technical Faculty of the Czech University of Agriculture.

Main topics will include:

1.Techniques in plant production

2.Buildings and techniques in animal production and processing industry

3.Energy and mobile transport means

4.Quality, reliability and maintenance of machines

5.Electronics and automation

Language: English

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

Empowering Farmers through Animal Traction

Into the 21st Century

ATNESA (the Animal Traction Network of Eastern and Southern Africa) invites all those interested in the use of animal traction in sustainable agriculture to its 3rd International Workshop, to be held on 18 - 25 September, 1999 in South Africa.

For further information, please contact:

Dr Timothy Simalenga or Mr Bruce Joubert at sanat@ufhcc.ufh.ac.za (fax no. +27 4065 31730) or

Richard Fowler; East Coast Coordinator

Farming Systems Research & Technology Transfer

Grain Crops Institute : Agricultural Research Council

P/bag X 9059 PIETERMARITZBURG 3200

SOUTH AFRICA

Tel: + 27 (0) 331 3559410 (alternative 3559409)

Fax: + 27 (0) 331 3559518 (alternative 434281)

E-mail: rfowler@cedara1.agric.za.

NACAR/KRIGF - FAO - CIMMYT - ICARDA International Workshop on "Conservation Tillage: a Viable Option for Sustainable Agriculture in Central Asia"

This international workshop will be held on 19-24 September, 1999, in Shortandy (Astana), Kazakhstan.

The workshop is part of a process to develop and implement conservation tillage national action plans in selected CIS countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Ozbekistan). The workshop intends to bring together national stakeholders as well as potential conservation tillage experts from similar agroecosystems, especially from North America, donor countries and organizations, and agricultural research centres from various CIS engaged in conservation tillage in order to identify needs, gaps and roles of partners and donors in the elaboration national conservation tillage action plans. Institutions from other countries interested in the workshop are also welcome to participate.

The Workshop objectives will:

* Review successes and success factors, share national, regional and world-wide experiences; discuss lessons learned in promoting and supporting farmers’ improvement of land productivity; and review and improve on processes leading to expanded national actions supporting the conservation tillage, for the predominant agricultural production systems in CIS;

* Strengthen and broaden partnership mechanisms supporting the implementation of the action plans and the exchange of experiences with on-going programmes and activities among countries within the CIS, with other regions & with donors and conservation tillage partners;

* Identify principles and approaches leading to policy, social, economic and institutional improvements facilitating the dissemination and adaptation of the conservation tillage leading to sustainable agriculture.

Papers should be submitted to the workshop organizers in WordPerfect/MS-Word as e-mail attachment or on diskette not later than 30 July 1999. More information and Agenda can be obtained from Website:

http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/agricult/ags/AGSE/Agse.htm

ADC ’99

Asian-Australian Drying Conference

The First Drying Conference in Asia-Australia will be held on 24-27 October, 1999 in Bali, Indonesia.

It is organized by the Center for Research on Engineering Applications in Tropical Agriculture (CREATA) - Research Institute - Bogor Agricultural University (IPB).

Sponsored by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB); Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Canada; Indonesian Society of Agricultural Engineers (PERTETA); Indonesian Engineers Association (PII). Topics are:

* Fundamental of drying

* Industrial drying technology

* Solar drying

* Drying equipment performance/scale-up

* Simulation, design and control of dryers

* Dewatering of biomaterials & pharmaceuticals

* Osmotic dehydration

* Drying of textiles, paper, sludge and by-products

* Drying of agricultural products

* Innovation in drying

* Environmental aspects of drying

* Energy and efficiency aspects of drying

Language: English

For further information, please contact:

E-mail: crea-ipb@indo.net.id

Fax: +62 0251 621887

For more information consult: http://come.to/adc99

AIT 40th Year Anniversary

Civil Environmental and Rural Engineering Conference –
New Frontiers and Challenges (Agricultural Aspects of Rural Engineering and Development)

This conference will be held on 8-12 November, 1999 at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.

Sponsored by the Asian Institute of Technology.

Main topics:

* Water engineering and management

* Agricultural aspects of rural engineering and development

* Environmental technology and engineering

* Geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering

* Structural engineering and construction

* Transportation engineering

English will be the official language of the conference.

All correspondence regarding the conference should be directed to: Prof. A. S. Balasubramaniam, Chair Professor, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand. Tel.: +66-2 524 5519; Fax: +66-2 516 2126, E-mail: bala@ait.ac.th.

4th International Conference on Soil Dynamics

This conference will be held on 26-30 March, 2000 in Adelaide, South Australia. Topics include:

* Soil characterisation

* Soil-machine interaction

* Soil-biological and environmental interaction

English will be the official language of the conference.

Deadlines:

One-page abstract: 1 September 1999

Early-bird registration: 1 December 1999

Full paper: 1 January 2000

For further information, please contact:

Conventions Worldwide (ICSD-IV) P.O. Box, Rundle Mall, Adelaide South Australia 5000, Attention: Mr Trevor Keeling; Mrs Pam Hammond