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

Global week Lectures & discussion Lecture & hands-on exercise of statistics Individual studying & workshop Group work on Weekly task

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

Wrap up Tue-Thu 5 minutes 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

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

SGT + W&D courses

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.

SWOT analysis

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

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?

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

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

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.

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

Contact information: matti.kummu@aalto.fi