Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Agricultural Economy ZDF201 Turkish Compulsory 3. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 3.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Doç. Dr. Yaşar Selman GÜLTEKİN
Instructor(s) Öğr. Gör. Muzaffer ÇABUKOĞLU (Güz)
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
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Understanding of the general concept of agriculture, product variety, technical and economical properties
2 Understanding of importance of agriculture, contribution to sectors and its evaluation
3 Understanding of agricultural structure, problems and solutions
4 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
5 Understanding of determination of the type and method of agricultural production, making production and valuation the product
6 Understanding of the determination of the product costs and incomes by doing economic analysis, realization of continuously production
7 Understanding of market system and producing to transform the income, monitoring the market conditions
8 Understanding of finding financing obtaining ways to produce, to benefit from cooperation power
9 Understanding of making decision by considering agricultural policy tools
10 Understanding of monitoring international agricultural relationships
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Introduction to Agricultural Economics and Management Interview Class Hours Presentation (Preparation)
2. Week Contribution of agriculture to Turkey Economy: Population and labor contribution, production and yield contribution Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours Interview
3. Week Contribution of agriculture to Turkey Economy: nutrition contribute to society, contributing to the industrial sector contribution to GDP, foreign trade contribution Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours Interview
4. Week Agricultural production economics: the law of diminishing returns, substitution of inputs Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours Interview
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 Presentation (Preparation) Interview Class Hours
6. Week Agricultural Policy: The definition and scope of the agricultural policy objective of agricultural policy, agricultural policy instruments Interview Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours
7. Week Enstruments of agricultural policy, quality of products to be supported, evaluation of the support price method Class Hours Presentation (Preparation) Interview
8. Week Midterm exam
9. Week The role of cooperatives in price fixing, structural and social policies Interview Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours
10. Week International agricultural policy: definition, objectives, agreements and international agricultural organizations Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours Interview
11. Week Agricultural production factors: land, capital, labor and entrepreneurship Interview Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours
12. Week Agricultural Finance and Credit Interview Class Hours Presentation (Preparation)
13. Week agricultural Marketing Interview Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours
14. Week agricultural Cooperatives Interview Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
The Matrix for Course & Program Learning Outcomes
No Program Requirements Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Skill of apply basic science and engineering knowledge and principles to Agricultural Engineering problems
2 He/she can use the information in his/her area to solve problems and use his/her applying skills in interdiscipliner studies
3 He/she can conduct an independed research in a specified area related with field crops
4 He/she can develop new strategic approaches and can produce solutions taking the responsibility, to the problems unexpected or faced in the practice related with field crops
5 He/she can develope a positive attitute to the lifelong education by knowledge and skils gained in field crops area
6 He/she can control the data collection, evaluation and publication, keeping cultural and scientific and ethical values and can teach these values.
7 He/she can develop strategy, policy and applying plans and can discuss the results obtained in the framework of quality management periods
8 Self-development skill following the developments in science and technology
9 He/she can transfer his/her works and the developlmets in his/her area in a written, audial and visual way.
10 He/she can evaluate the knowledge and skills in field crops area in specified level with a criticising approach
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 DK6 DK7 DK8 DK9 DK10
PY1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
PY2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
PY3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
PY4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
PY5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
PY6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
PY7 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
PY8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
PY9 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
PY10 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Tarım Ekonomisi ve İşletmeciliği, Prof. Dr. İ. Hakkı İnan, Avcı Ofset, 5.baskı, İstanbul, 2001.
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Ders İçi
Class Hours 14 2 28
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 10 10
Homework 1 1 18.5 18.5
Final 1 20 20
Total Workload 76.5
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 3.0