Keynote Speeches 1
A Study on the Grain and Food Security and Earnly Warning Systemin China&Mei Fangquan,China 3
Development of IT in Agriculture in Korea& Weon-Sik Hahn,Korea 9
Effective Information Management and Dissemination in the Electronic Era&Elizabeth Dodsworth,CABI 14
A Normative Model for Agricultural Research Information System&Ajit Maru,ISNAR 19
Network Computing for Agricultural Information Systems-GRID for Agricultural Decision Support&Seishi Ninomiya,Japan 26
A Comprehensive Framework for Building Multilingual Domain Ontologies:Creating a Prototype Biosecurity Ontology&Boris Lauser,Tanja Wildemann,Allison Poulos,Frehiwot Fisseha and Johannes Keizer,FAO 31
IT for Rural Agriculture and Rural Development&Pisuth paiboonrat,Thailand 42
Part Ⅰ Policy and Strategy for IT in Agriculture 57
History and Current Status of Agricultural Scientech Information Network System in China&Jia Shangang,China 59
The Innovation in Developmental Strategy of Agri-Information Service Industry(AISI)in China Joining WTO&Hu Haiyan,China 62
ICT Capacity-building for Development and Poverty Alleviation Enhancing the Role of Agricultural Universities in China&Royal D.Colle,USA and Liu Yonggong,China 67
Present Status of Agricultural Information Technology Systems and Services in Bangladesh&M.A.Zaman,Bangladesh 75
Using ICTs in Ethiopian Agriculture:An Issue of both Development and Survival&Yared Mammo,Ethiopia 84
The Development and Prospect of China's Agriculture Information Service&Miao Xiaoyan and Niu Wenjuan,China 87
Thinking about"the Rural Internet Project"&Ding jianhua,Xin xianjie,Zhang ping,Sun supeng and Shao wenzhao,China 92
France and its Agriculture:Advancing towards Informationization&Chen Guoxiu,China 96
Case Analysis and Development Direction of Agricultural Informatization in Southwest China's National Minority Regions&Li Xiao,Qiu Dunlian and Song Xia,China 101
How to Enable Peasants to Span Numeral Gap&Sun Sufen,Liu Yuexian,Luo Changshou,Guo Jianxin and ZhangJunfeng,China 105
Measurements for Levels of the Local Information,and Taking-Ovet ofDigital Divide&Norihiro Nakamura,Aikoku Gakuen University,Yotsukaido,Japan 109
Risk Information and Eventual Learning of Smallholder Farmers in Eastern Ethiopia&Belaineh Legesse,Ethiopia 114
The Strategies for Building Agriculture Web Sites&Zheng Ye Lu,Huang Liang,Zhou Can Fang,Xu Yi Fei,Li Jun Sheng and Hou Jian Guo,China 132
Information seeking and utilisation among agricultural researchers in Nigena&Oladele,Idowu,Nigeria 137
On the Current Situation of Agri-Information Network Construction in Henan Province and its Development Suggestion&Zhang Lian-hong and Ren Jinkai,China 142
Developments and Applications of Agricultural Information Technology of China&Xia Tongshui and Zhao Yuanfeng,China 146
Practice and explore on shrinking disparity of a great gulf fixed of number between developing peasants and developed peasants&Jiang Yu-mei Yang Feng and Li Yi-xian'China 152
The Research and Practical Use of Modern Distance Education Technology in Beijing Agrotechnical Extending and Information Service for Rural Area&Guo Jianxin and Sun Sufen,China 155
WTO＆Information Agriculture&Jiang Hongtao,Tan Ping and Shi Weiwei,China 161
Pondering on Development of Agricultural Information in China&Wang Younian and Gao Fei,China 163
Suggestions on the Construction of the New Agricultural Service System in 21st Century by means of Informatization&Li Yong,China 168
Analysis and Design of Knowledge Management System A Case Study—Analysis and Design of Knowledge Management System in SDIC/CAAS&Li Sijing,China 172
Part Ⅱ Information Resource and Database 179
Orientation of Topic Selection for Agricultural Database＆Principle of Building Up the Database&Gao Fei and Miao Xiaoyan,China 181
Construction of Marine Resource Database for Empowering Small Scale Fishermen&Setyo Pertiwi,John Haluan and T.Ersti Yulika Sari,Indonesia 185
Information System of Fish Germplasm Resources in China&Yang Ningsheng,Ge Chanshui and Ouyang Haiying,China 190
Construction of Information Resource and Database on Pesticide and Pest Control&Wen-Chi Fei,Taiwan,China 194
Construction of Sustainable Collection of Free Web Resources&Li Yunjing,Xue Ximei,Pei Xinyong and Guo Suqing,China 198
A Study on Development and Use of Internet-based Agricultural Information Resources&Zhang Yu-e,China 203
On Exploitation Strategy of Information Resources at Agricultural Universities Libraries&Su Pasha,China 208
Construction and Management of Agricultural Information Network&Zhao Yuanfeng and Xia Tongshui,China 212
Construction of Data Resources and Design and Application of Search System in Chinese Feed Network Database&Xiong Ben-hai,Luo Qing-yao and Peng Zhi-hong,China 217
Strategy and Management of Information/Knowledge in Agriculture:The UPLiBNet Experience&Anday,V.G.Tallada,J.G.and Saul,C.dL.Philippines 222
Analysis on the Key Factors of Making Use of Agricultural Scientech Information&Zhan Huilong and Liu Yan,China 226
Using XML Encoding Agricultural Resource Data for Sharing and Interoperability&Wencai Du,_China 230
Construction and Management of Sci-tech Information Resources System in Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences&Gao Chun-xin,Zhang Ying,Zhang Du-ling,Wang Jian-fei and Qin Lei-lei,China 234
The Construction and Management of Agricultural Science and Technology Database in China&Meng Xianxue,China 239
Discussion on Establishment of Agricultural Information System of Henan Province&Xue Ximei and Zhang Ying,China 242
Optimization of the Functions of Web Database of Chinese Journals&Xing Yonghua,China 246
The Function of Multi-medium and Internet in the Rural Information Services in the Developing Country&Zhang Cheng-gang,Zhao Na,Gu Tian and Yue Yu-lan,China 250
Part Ⅲ Modeling and Decision Support System 255
Studies on the Cotton Production Management System based on the CottonPlus model for Xinjiang and Huang-Huai-Hai cotton regions in China&Qiu Jianjun,Xiao Yingnan,and Dai Yiming,China 257
Estimating rooting day of transplanted paddy rice for prediction of developmental stage&Ryoji Sameshima,Japan 262
Growth Prediction of a Transplant Population Using Artificial Neural Networks Combined with Image Analysis&He Dongxian,China,M. Hirafuji and T. Kozai,Japan 266
Decision Support System for Nitrogen Fertilizer Optimization Using Rice Growth Simulation Model&Ri-Xian Cui,China;Anh T. Nguyen,Min-Ho Kim,Dong-Yun Lee,Jin-Dong Fu and Byun-Woo Lee,Korea 272
Maize Cultivational Simulation-Optimization-Decision Making System,MCSODS&Zheng GuoQing,Duan ShaoFen and Zhang RuiLing,China 278
DEMBroker-Consistent Access for Software Applications to Digital Elevation Models&Matthew Laurenson and Seishi Ninomiya,Japan 285
Framework for Constructing Agricultural Models using Java&Kei Tanaka,Matthew Laurenson and Masayuki Hirafuji,Japan 289
Development of Decision Support System Using GP Modelbase for Rural Food Processing Enterprises&Chung-Sil Kim andJae-Hwa Park,Korea 293
Systems approach to exploratory analysis of agricultural land use options in Ilocos Notte Philippines&Felino P.Lansigon,Philippine 297
Feasibility Study on Highly Value-added Cropping Systems in Snowy Cold Areas&Shintaroh Ohashi,Kazuhiro Nakano and Yoshitaka Motonaga,Japan 304
A Web Application for Soil Nitrogen Balance Estimation&Sugahara,Koji,Yoshiharu Ueda,Takashi Kusaba and Kenzo Miura,Japan 309
Development of Virtual Food Concept Based on Multi-Layer Consciousness and its Role in Food Consumption&Jae Kun Chun,Korea 312
Information Aspects of Manufacturing,Registering and Distributing the Antiparasitic Avermectin Drugs for Veterinary and Crop Protection Use&Alexander Victorov and Victor Drinyaev,Russia 316
The Research of Agriculture Knowledge Service System Based on Internet&Zhou Guomin,Qiu yun and Zhou Yitao,China 320
Web-based Agricultural ScienTech Information Services Fundamental Platform&Ping Qian,China 322
The development of the DSS based on GIS for regional agricultural management&Cheng Yongzheng,China 327
Part Ⅳ Expert System 331
Development of Improved Crop Coefficients for Precise Estimates of Wheat Evapotranspiration&Raj Vir Singh and S.R.Bhakar,India 333
A Study On Development Of Intelligent Irrigation Systems For Melon Cultivation In Greenhouse&Kazuhiro Nakano and Takako Aida,Japan 338
Integrated Information System for Farm Management Consulting&Park,Seok-young,Korea 343
KISAN:An Expert System for Soil Nutrient Management&Rajkishore Prasad,B.R.AmbedkarBihar and A.KSinha,India 346
Preliminary Research on the Method of Identifying Accuracy of Agricultural Expert System&Zhang Liping,China 354
Use of Personal Digital Assistants(PDAs)in Agricultural Extension Programs&Fedro S.Zazueta,Pete Vergot and Howard Beck,USA 358
A Study on Animal Feed Formulation System Based on Internet Remote and Interaction&Xiong Ben-hai,Luo Qing-yao and Pang Zhi-hong,China 363
Achieving IPM by IT:State-of-the-Art and Prospects&ZuoRui Shen,China 368
Information Congulting Service under Network Environment&Zhang Xiaoqing,China 371
T-Vet:An Tele-Diagnosis System for Fish Disease&Daoliang Li,Tao Hu and Zetian Fu,China 374
Knowledge Warehouse:A web-based Integrated Information System for Fresh Water Aquaculture&Daoliang Li and Zetian Fu,China,Yanqing Duan,UK 379
Applications of Aquaculture Expert System and its Seveloping Prospects&Wang Ruimei,Fu Zetian and Mu weisong,China 384
Evaluation of the Water Quality of Aquaculture Pond Expert System&Wang Ruimei,He Youyuan and Fu Zetian,China 390
Study on Construction of Knowledge Base in Fish Disease Diagnosis Expert System&Zhang Xiaoshuan,Fu Zetian and Wen Jiwen,China 398
Part Ⅴ Field Data Acquisition and Record 405
Architecture of Field Monitoring Servers&Masayuki Hirafuji and Tokihiro Fukatsu,Japan 405
Field Server Gateway:Gateway box for Field Monitoring Servers&Takuji Kiura,Japan 410
Massively Distributed Monitoring System Application of Field Monitoring Servers using XML and Java Technology&Tokihiro Fukatsu,Masayuki Hirafuji and Takuji Kiura,Japan 414
A Study on the Development of Kit Connecting the Measuring Instruments to the Internet&Ryouei Itou and Takashi Mishima,Japan 418
Sensing and Information System for Cultivation Traceability in the Farm&Takaharu Kameoka and Atsushi Hashimoto,Japan 421
Development of a New System to Accumulate On-Site and Real-Time Farming Database&Kazunari Yokoyama,Masayuki Hirafuji and Hiroyuki Yoshida,Japan 426
Studies on the Automatic Journal System for Field Work by using GPS Work Identification by Fuzzy Theory&Takahiro Kamiya and Takemi Machida,Japan 429
Studies on Development of Work Journal Supporting Systems with Speech Recognition&Kazunari Matsumoto and Takemi Machida,Japan 434
Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Quantification of Ionic Dissociative Materials in Living Body&Tao Pan,Kenichi Nakanishi,Atsushi Hashimoto and Takaharu Kameoka,Japan 439
Automatic Grain Quality Inspection with Learning Mechanism&Ye.-Nu.Wan,Taiwan,China 445
Part Ⅵ Information Mapping and GIS 453
Using GIS for Facilitating Sediment Yield Estimation&I.Sumathi and S.Santhana Bosu,India 453
Local Level Agricultural Planning Using GIS&Md Bilal Hossain,Anwar Sadat and A.F.M.Mesbah Uddin,Bangladesh 457
Agricultural Disaster Management System&Ling Sun,Zhiqing Jin,Yu Liu and Jilin Zhang,China 463
Development of Spatial Distribution Maps in a Grid of 50m for Weather Resources Using the Weather Data of an Agricultural Network System in Coniunction with the Geographical Factors&Makoto Kawai,Japan 468
Developing an Agricultural,Environmental,and Natural Resources Mapping and Decision Support ystem(DSS)for Southeast Asia&David B.Hannaway＆Christopher Daly etc.,USA,Alan Cooper＆Roger Kraynick,Thailand 473
Remote Sensing,Geographical Information System and Precision Farming in India: Opportunities and Challenges&V.C.Patil,Ajit Maru,G.B.Shashidhara and U.K.Shanwad,India 478
Scalable and Interoperable Agriculture Products Information System Based on WebGIS Using XML and SVG Technologies&Wencai Du and Han Yong,China 484
Towards a Web-Based Watershed-Level Rural Land Use Planning&J.Adinarayan,India;Matthew Laurenson and Seishi Ninomiya,Japan 489
Generality for Precision Agriculture and Practice in China&Liu Jintong,Cai Hong and Xie Gaodi,China;Seishi Ninomiya,Japan 491
Study on the interpretation of the cropping area of winter wheat in Henan province based on 3S technology&Liu Ting,cheng Yongzheng and Ren,Yinling,China 496
Agriculture＆Precision Agriculture&Ma Guilian,Jiang Hongtao and Zhang qin,China 500
Part Ⅶ Digital Library and Multilingual Translation and Thesaurus 505
Digital Libraries and Knowledge Management:Basis for Agricultural Scitech Innovation&Pan Shuchun,China 507
A Case Study on the Digital Library Initiatives in Zhejiang University&Zhao Jihai,China 510
Development of E-mail System for Informational Exchange Among Farmer,Researcher,and Extension Worker&Keun-Seop Shim,Weon-Shik Hahn and Cheol-Hee Lee,Korea 514
Internet-Based Summarization and Translation for Agricultural Information&Asanee Kawtrakul,Prachya Boonkwan Sunt and Dechapakorn,Thailand 518
Development of Japanese Morphological Analysis Server cooperating with Agricultural Thesaurus Server&Daisuke Horyu,Tokihiro Fukatsu,Akira Otuka,Takuji Kiura,Seishi Ninomiya and Masayuki Hirafuji,Japan 523
The Translation of Agricultural Multilingual Thesaunus&Chang Chun and Lu Wenlin,China 526
On the Characteristics of the Digital Library and the Influence to the Work of Reader Service&Wu Baohua Miao Xiaoyan and Gao Fei,China 529
Bridging the Digital Divide inside China&Wang Wensheng,China 533
Part Ⅷ Pattern Recognition and Visualization and E-Commerce 547
Visualization of Forest Landscapes by VRML&Tsuyoshi Honjo and En-Mi Lim,Japan 549
WTO andAgricultural E-Commerce&Chen Yu-He,Qin Su-Ping and Li Chun-hua,China 555
E-commnerce in the Czech Agriculture&Ji·ina ？laisová and Franti？ek Vani·ek,Czech 559
Developing Agricultural Market through a Regional Information System:the IFDC-Africa experience in Africa&Raoul A.Klutse,Togo 564
Information System of Agriculture for Supporting Marketand Trade Promotion in Agriculture and Forest Production&Tran Thi Ngan Hoa and.Nguyen Hong Son,Vietnam 573
A Decision-Oriented Market Information System for Forest and Agro-Forest Products in India&Vasant P.Gandhi,India 578
Shape Evaluation by Digital Camera for Grape Leaf&Hiroya Kondou,Hatuyoshi Kitamura,Yutaka Nishikawa,Yoshitaka Motonaga,Atsushi Hashimoto,Kenichi Nakanishi and Takaharu Kameoka,Japan 586
Measuring Geometrical Features of Insect Specimens using Image Analysis&Xinwen Yu＆Zuorui Shen,China;Seishi Ninomiya,Japan 591
Identification of Beef Cattle by Analyzing Images of their Muzzle Patterns Lifted on Paper&H.Minagawa,T.Fujimura,M. Ichiyanagi and K.Tanaka,Japan 596
Study on Web-based Agricultural Information System Development Method&Ruixue Zhao,China 601