Duration
12h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in environmental science and management (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits | |||
| Advanced Master in Environmental Sciences and Management in Developing Countries (Registrations are closed) | 2 crédits |
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 CGMS Statistical Tool
Exercise of yield forecasting on data from a developing country
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
- Mixing of theory and practical works
Recommended or required readings
- Powerpoint presentations
- Syllabus - Exercises
- Internet sites references
Written exam
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
- Bernard Tychon (Bernard.Tychon@uliege.be)