Duration
12h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
- 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
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Notions of remote sensing, climatology and agrometeorology
- Basic knowledge of statistics
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Learning AGROMETSHELL, SPIRITS and NEWLOCLIM + CST Tool
Exercise of yield forecasting on data from a developing country
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
- Mixing of theory and practical works
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Cours will be in face to face mode as far as it will be authorized. It will switch to distance learning when it will be imposed. LifeSize will be used and course will be recorded.
Recommended or required readings
- Powerpoint presentations
- Syllabus - Exercises
- Internet sites references
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Written exam
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
- Bernard Tychon (Bernard.Tychon@uliege.be)