Figure 2: The logo for the first EFITA Conference in Copenhagen 1997 - today used as logo for DSIJ, The Danish Society for Information Technology in Agriculture.
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Figure 2: The logo for the first EFITA Conference in Copenhagen 1997 - today used as logo for DSIJ, The Danish Society for Information Technology in Agriculture. |
In 1995-97 Dina coordinated the concerted action EUNITA (European
Network for Information Technology in Agriculture) funded by the
European Union. The objective of EUNITA was to enhance the use of
informatics throughout Europe by the efforts of ten working groups who
gathered information and experiences on various subjects. The results
of the working groups are published in a number of reports by the
participating institutes and organisations.
One of the working groups was concerned with the creation of a
European association for IT in agriculture. The association was
founded in Wageningen in 1996 and was named EFITA, European Federation
for Information Technology in Agriculture, Foods and the
Environment. The members of EFITA are national organisations for IT in
agriculture. In Denmark DSIJ, The Danish Society for Information
Technology in Agriculture, was created for this purpose closely
related to Dina. On Feb. 2000, 11 countries are members: Denmark,
France, Ireland, Italy, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Great Britain,
Spain, Sweden and The Netherlands. EFITA held its first conference in
Copenhagen in 1997 and the second one in Bonn in 1999. Iver Thysen was
president of EFITA from 1997 to 1999.