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WEEKLY TASK Global water and food issues

Explore measures to address water and food scarcity in Africa using SWOT analysis. Discuss strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for each measure.

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WEEKLY TASK Global water and food issues

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  1. WEEKLY TASKGlobal water and food issues WAT-E1020; Autumn 2016 https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/view.php?id=15006

  2. Global week Lectures & discussion Lecture &hands-onexercise of statistics Individualstudying &workshop Group workon Weeklytask

  3. Schedule for today Wrap up the week so far Introduction to Weekly task SWOT analysis Facilitated group work Lunch Work in groups

  4. Wrap up Tue-Thu Discuss in pairs/small groups • What was the most surprising in Tuesday’s lectures? • What new – in terms of development and population dynamics – you learned in statistics analyses? 5 minutes

  5. SGT + W&D courses • Most of 3courses’ thematic weeks are related to four ‘study paths’ of WAT advanced courses  Hence, helping you to plan you advanced studies • This week links to ‘water & development’ path Two SGT-courses  You can apply to both of them; Studio course has a pretty strict quota  WAT students don’t need to take ‘State of the World and Development’ course in Period I: this week replaces it Two water & development courses  Very different but complementary views on water and development  Based on our research: www.wdrg.fi

  6. SGT + W&D courses

  7. Weekly task • Tuesday you explored and discussed various options on how to ease different kind of scarcities in Africa • Today, you explore the measures in more details. Each group gets one measure to assess with using SWOT analysis as a guiding tool.

  8. SWOT analysis

  9. Guiding questions – internal origin Strengths and weaknesses • Implementation easy/hard • Costs of the measure low/high • Technology needed exist or not • High / low impact on food security

  10. Guiding questions – external origin Opportunities • What trends do you see / foresee • Is it within the values of people? • Is it in line with SDGs? Threats • What obstacles might occur • Are there legal issues impacting on implementation? • Would measure have environmental impacts?

  11. Consider when using SWOT • Do not be ‘blocked’ by selecting the correct category you enter each identified attribute • Try to list first as many attributes as possible, and then start prioritizing them • After that take a critical view on each and try to find supporting sources/references • At the end, aim to order the attributes in terms of their importance/significance

  12. Example from recent research • We used SWOT as analytical framework in our research on frugal innovation in Tanzania (Nanomaji case)  Published this month in Sustainability: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/9/888 • Useful framework: well-known +simple and straightforward to use  Can also include visualisations • But actual analytical value-added bit limited: basically just grouping things in a logical way

  13. How to report • Use the template available at MyCourses. Note: SWOT matrix is available there in vector format too, if you want to fill it with e.g. Adobe Illustrator. • Be prepared to briefly present your SWOT on Monday morning 10 am. • DL for task is Monday 19th, 9:30am sharp If delayed, only half of points will be given.

  14. Measures • Food loss reduction • Rainwater harvesting • Urban farming • Artificial meat • Insects as resource-efficient protein source • GMO crops • Focus area: Sub-Saharan Africa

  15. Contact information:matti.kummu@aalto.fi

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