| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Economy | ZDF201 | 3. Semester | 2 + 0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | face to face |
| Course Coordinator |
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yaşar Selman GÜLTEKİN |
| Instructors |
Muzaffer ÇABUKOĞLU |
| Assistants | |
| Goals | Contribute to the course aims to agriculture in Turkey's economy, agricultural production economics, natural resources economics, valuation, agricultural policy and international agricultural policy, agricultural production factors, agricultural finance and credit, access to agribusiness, agribusiness analysis, agricultural marketing, is to provide information about agricultural cooperatives . |
| Course Content | Introduction to Agricultural Economics and Management, the contribution of agriculture to Turkey's economy, agricultural production economics, natural resources economics, valuation, agricultural policy and international agricultural policy, agricultural production factors, agricultural finance and credit, access to agribusiness, agribusiness analysis, agricultural marketing, agricultural cooperative. |
| Learning Outcomes |
- Understanding of the general concept of agriculture, product variety, technical and economical properties - Understanding of importance of agriculture, contribution to sectors and its evaluation - Understanding of agricultural structure, problems and solutions - Understanding of adaptation the fundamental principles of economics to agriculture, the way of reaching maximum income by using the best usage of resources, creating options and choosing the best one - Understanding of determination of the type and method of agricultural production, making production and valuation the product - Understanding of the determination of the product costs and incomes by doing economic analysis, realization of continuously production - Understanding of market system and producing to transform the income, monitoring the market conditions - Understanding of finding financing obtaining ways to produce, to benefit from cooperation power - Understanding of making decision by considering agricultural policy tools - Understanding of monitoring international agricultural relationships |
| Week | Topics | Learning Methods |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Introduction to Agricultural Economics and Management | |
| 2. Week | Contribution of agriculture to Turkey Economy: Population and labor contribution, production and yield contribution | |
| 3. Week | Contribution of agriculture to Turkey Economy: nutrition contribute to society, contributing to the industrial sector contribution to GDP, foreign trade contribution | |
| 4. Week | Agricultural production economics: the law of diminishing returns, substitution of inputs | |
| 5. Week | Agricultural Production Economics: the substitution of the initiative, the company's short-term decision on full competition, opportunity cost principle, the principle of equal marginal revenue, the theory of comparative advantages | |
| 6. Week | Agricultural Policy: The definition and scope of the agricultural policy objective of agricultural policy, agricultural policy instruments | |
| 7. Week | nstruments of agricultural policy, quality of products to be supported, evaluation of the support price method | |
| 8. Week | Midterm | |
| 9. Week | The role of cooperatives in price fixing, structural and social policies | |
| 10. Week | International agricultural policy: definition, objectives, agreements and international agricultural organizations | |
| 11. Week | Agricultural production factors: land, capital, labor and entrepreneurship | |
| 12. Week | Agricultural Finance and Credit | |
| 13. Week | agricultural Marketing | |
| 14. Week | agricultural Cooperatives |
| Cramer, G.L., C. Jensen (1991). Tarım Ekonomisi and Agribusiness, Wiley & Sons.Ritson, C., (1980). Agricultural Economics, Principles and Policy, Granada Publishing.Buckett, M., (1982) An Introduction to Farm Organization and Management, Pergamon Press |
| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | DK6 | DK7 | DK8 | DK9 | DK10 | Measurement Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course's Level of contribution | None | Very Low | Low | Fair | High | Very High |
| Method of assessment/evaluation | Written exam | Oral Exams | Assignment/Project | Laboratory work | Presentation/Seminar |
| Event | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midterm 1 | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Homework 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Final | 1 | 26.5 | 26.5 |
| Classroom Activities | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 76.5 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 3.0 | ||
