Agricultural Information Worldwide, vol. 1, no. 1, 2008

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In this issue: FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK (2). INTRODUCTORY ESSY: Emerging Issues, Priorities and Commitments in e-Agriculture / Anton Mangstl (5); Questions nouvelles, priorités et engagements dans le secteur de l’e-Agriculture (7); Aspectos Nuevos, Prioridades y Compromisos Necesarios en la Agricultura Transmitida por Medios Electrónicos (9). ARTICLES: Analysis of Global e-Agriculture Survey / Charlotte Masiello-Riome, Nathaniel Heller, Stephen Rudgard, and Roberto Schneider; L’étude mondiale sur la cyberagriculture Encuesta Global sobre la Agricultura Electrónica (11); Seeing the Wood for the e-Trees: Ensuring Comparability in Forest-related Data on the Web, Voir la forêt des arbres numériques et permettre la comparaison grâce aux données forestières sur le web, Viendo la Madera para los Árboles Electrónicos: Asegurar la Comparabilidad de Datos Forestales en la Web / Roger Mills (19). AgINFO DISPATCHES - Reports, News, and Updates from the Agricultural Information Community: Agricultural Information Management Standards Web Site: An Initiative to Facilitate Interoperability and Improve Coherence / Gauri Salokhe, Margherita Sini, Boris Lauser, Fynvola Le Hunte Ward, Johannes Keizer, and Stephen Katz (24); e-Agriculture and e-Government in Hungary: Electronic Claim Submission Service to Facilitate EU Farm Subsidy Payments / László G. Papócsi (27); AgEcon Search: Expanding the Distribution of Current Literature in One Subdiscipline of Agriculture / Louise Letnes and Julie Kelly (29); ICT Tools in Action / Ednah Karamagi (30); Focus on e-Agriculture: e-Agriculture Week and Beyond (31); Emerging Issues in e-Agriculture: Policy Brief (35). NEWS FROM IAALD: Japan World Congress Program Update; Highlights of the IAALD Executive Committee Meeting – Rome, Italy, September 27, 2007; Notice of General Membership Meeting (37); INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS (40)