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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>In this month's Geo: International (Vol 11 , Issue 5) the focus is on "GIS in Agriculture" and there are number of interesting articles on applications of GIS in Agriculture. Details at <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.geoconnexion.com/geo.php">http://www.geoconnexion.com/geo.php</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Also pleased to see that our AgriGIS workshop 2012 is also highlighted at <a href="http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/Agri_newsround_intv11i5.pdf">http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/Agri_newsround_intv11i5.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The provisional programme of AgriGIS 2012 is now available at <a href="http://www.nottingham.edu.my/CFFRC/documents/AGRIgisProgramme27.pdf">http://www.nottingham.edu.my/CFFRC/documents/AGRIgisProgramme27.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>More details at <a href="http://www.nottingham.edu.my/CFFRC/AgriGIS-Workshop-2012.aspx">http://www.nottingham.edu.my/CFFRC/AgriGIS-Workshop-2012.aspx</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># CFFRC is a joint venture between the Government of Malaysia and the University of Nottingham and is hosted in Malaysia by The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. With nearly US $ 40 million in funding from the Malaysian Government, CFFRC will be the very first international research institution devoted entirely to the study of under-utilised plants. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Details at <a href="http://www.nottingham.edu.my/CFFRC/TheCentre.aspx">http://www.nottingham.edu.my/CFFRC/TheCentre.aspx</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Open Source Geospatial Lab, Malaysia has been established in UNMC with the aim to create collaboration opportunities in academia, industry and government organisations in open source GIS which will help to create a sustainable environment for open source GIS in Malaysia. Details at <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/node/1230">http://www.osgeo.org/node/1230</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyone interested in AgriGIS research, please join <a href="http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/agrigis">http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/agrigis</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Suchith<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dr Suchith Anand</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nottingham Geospatial Institute<br>Nottingham Geospatial Building <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Nottingham NG7 2 TU<br>Tel: (0)115 82 32750<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith%20Anand.htm">http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith%20Anand.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cgs/research/researchareas/opensourcegeospatialresearch.aspx">http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cgs/research/researchareas/opensourcegeospatialresearch.aspx</a> <br><a href="http://elogeo.nottingham.ac.uk/">http://elogeo.nottingham.ac.uk/</a><br><a href="http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Leading Open Geospatial Science through ICA Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Mission - Building up Open Source, Open Standards, Open Data research for bridging the digital divide</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br/>
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