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| ENVT2028-1 | Food security and early warning systems
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| Duration : | 24h Th |
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| Lecturer : | René Gommes, Bernard Tychon |
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| Coordinator : | Bernard Tychon |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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- Food security
- State and trend of the agriculture
- Analyses and factors of food insecurity
- Emergency situations
- Early warning systems
- Monitoring and forecasting with agrometeorological tools
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Give the students the ability to analyse the food insecurity of a given situation by teaching different methodologies applies operationaly in several developing countries. The student will make himself/herself familiar with some tools for specific analyses or monitoring of the food insecurity. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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- Notions of remote sensing, climatology and agrometeorology
- Basic knowledge of statistics
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Learning AGROMETSHELL, FAOCLIM and NEWLOCLIM
Exercise of yield forecasting on data from a developing country |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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- 24 hours of lectures and practical works in one week
- Mixing of theory and practical works
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Recommended or required readings :
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- Powerpoint presentations
- Syllabus - Exercises
- Internet sites references
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam |
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