CIGR Newsletter No 40
PUBLICATIONS
Proceedings 7th Meeting of the Club of Bologna
The Proceedings give an account of the 7th Meeting of the Full Members of the Club of Bologna, held in Bologna on 11-13 November 1996 under the auspices of CIGR.
45 Experts from 25 countries attended this meeting which discussed the following subjects:
- Cooperation between Industry and Research Institutions
- Mechanisation Requirements for Low Input Sustainable Agriculture (LISA).
This nicely presented work gives a wealth of information arranged as follows:
- Conclusions and recommendations
- Cooperation between research institutions and industry: the point of view of the research institutions - with discussion
- Cooperation between industry and research institutions: the point of view of industry - with discussion
- Mechanisation requirements for LISA - with discussion
- List of participants
- Table of contents
The price of the volume ‘Club of Bologna’ N°7 is 30 000 Italian lire, but readers of CIGR Newsletter receive a 20% discount (thus 24 000 Italian lire or 12.5 ECU, all included).
Readers of CIGR Newsletter can use a bank credit transfer directed to:
Rolo Banca 1473, Agenzia 18, Roma
c/c N° 32434 ABI-3556/CAB 03226
made out in favour of UNACOMA Service srl.
Mention clearly Club of Bologna N°7 on the payment and send a copy of the receipt of that payment.
This book contains 131 pp. and is available from:
UNACOMA, Administrative Secretariat, Via L. Spallanzani 22/a, 00161 Roma, Italy.
Fax.: +39 6 44 02 722
E-mail: UNACOMA@UNACOMA.INET.IT
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Proceedings Agricultural Engineering Conference 1996
The Proceedings of the International Agricultural Engineering Conference held at Pune, in December 1996 are available for sale at the cost of 150 USD (incl. P. & P.). These Proceedings contain the scientific papers on Farm Power and Machinery, Soil and Water Engineering, Post-harvest and Biotechnology, and other related topics. In all, 126 papers are contained in this publication containing over 1160 pp.
Orders can be placed directly at the following address with a bank draft or cheque payable to ‘Bhumata Charitable Trust’ in India.
Dr. Suresh Dhumal, Bhumata Charitable Trust, 6/11 Pritam Nagar, Kothrud, Pune 411 029, India. Fax.: +91 212 644 828.
2nd International Workshop on Renewable Energy Application to Plantation and Other Industries
The report on the 2nd International Workshop on Renewable Energy Application to Plantation and Other Industries has recently been published. This event was organised by PEN, Planters Energy Network, Madurai, MKU, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai and IIT, Indian Institute of Technology Madras and was held in IIT Madras on 9-11 April 1997.
Further information on the report ( 61 pp.) is available from :
Prof. Ajit Kolar, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, India.
Farmers’ Tools
Farmers’ tools, a description of agricultural tools used by farmers in the East and Southern African Region (March 1997) is edited by Ola Moeller and published by FARMESA,’Farm-level Applied Research Methods in East and Southern Africa’. This is an organisation funded by the Swedish International Development Authority with the collaboration of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations FAO, which acts as the executing agency.
The introduction is by Dr. Bo Gohl, Co-ordinator of the project. The book contains 115 pp. and is richly illustrated.
This book, Farmers’ tools, has been written to share information about the large range of tools which are currently being used by small-scale farmers throughout the east and southern African region. The book describes nearly 50 different types of tools The information is intended to benefit farmers and families : by knowing about a wider range of tools and technologies, their ability to thrive in the harsh environments in which they live is strengthened.
All of the illustrations which are featured in the book have also been produced individually and sealed in plastic and are available for a small fee from the publishers. This is of interest for use at meetings, discussions etc;
It is hoped that this book will bring about a closer cooperation between the local farmers, their families, artisans such as carpenters and blacksmiths, community workers, extension officers, etc.
The topics covered are: Land Preparation, Primary Tillage, Secondary Tillage, Planting, Basal Fertiliser Application, Weeding, Plant Protection, Side/Top Dressing Fertiliser, Harvesting, Transport.
The information about each tool is arranged as follows: Description, Using the tool, Construction, Advantages, Disadvantages, Manufacturers, Further information.
For further information about this splendid book please contact: FARMESA, Farm-level Applied Research Methods in East and Southern Africa, P.O. Box 3730, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Tel.: +263 4 758 051 / 4 Fax.: +263 4 758 055
E-mail: fspzim@harare.iafrica.com
Proceedings XXVII CIOSTA-CIGR V Congress
The proceedings of the latest CIOSTA-CIGR V Congress which was held in Kaposvar, Hungary on 25-27 August 1997 are now available. The themes of the congress were: Labour and Working Conditions, Integrated Quality Management; Work Organisation and farm Planning.
More information on the availability of the papers follows…
