SAFS0017 Economic Analysis of Sustainable Agricultural Practices

6 ECTS - 3-0 Duration (T+A)- . Semester- 3 National Credit

Information

Code SAFS0017
Name Economic Analysis of Sustainable Agricultural Practices
Term 2023-2024 Academic Year
Semester . Semester
Duration (T+A) 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 6 ECTS
National Credit 3 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Doktora Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
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Course Goal / Objective

Gains knowledge of the concepts and practices of Sustainable Farm Management

Course Content

Sustainable Farm Management concepts and practices; interaction between agricultural production and environment; hidden costs (externalities) of crop and animal production, different dimensions of sustainability: economy, environment and community; financial sustainability of farms; strategic and tactic management of farms; business planning, usin partial budgets, incorporating environmental indicators and environmental values into farm business analysis, sustainability indicators, environment-profit trade-off analysis models, efficiency analysis, the evaluation of alternative farm management strategies for sustainability

Course Precondition

none

Resources

Lecture notes and slides

Notes

1-) Kay R. D., Edwards W. M., Duffy P. A. (2016), Farm Management, Eight Edition, Mc-Graw Hill. 2-) Peter Bartelmus, Sustainability Economics: An Introduction (2012), Routledge 3-) Wojtkowski P (2008), Agroecological Economics, Academic Press


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Explains the concepts and practices of Sustainable Farm Management
LO02 learns the hidden costs (externalities) of crop and animal production
LO03 explains the different dimensions of sustainability (economy, environment and community)
LO04 learn to incorporate environmental indicators and environmental values ​​into farm business analysis
LO05 explains environmental-profit trade-off analysis models and productivity analysis


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Have theoretical and applied knowledge about the basic principles of Sustainable Agricultural Science (Agroecology) and Food Security. 3
PLO02 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Learns national and international certificated agricultural systems and chemical residue-free production.
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Gains knowledge of laws and regulations on sustainable agriculture and food security and improve new approaches. 1
PLO04 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Plans and apply the appropriate crop rotation systems for water and mineral cycle within the ecosystem dynamics.
PLO05 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı It develops healthy plant production materials (seeds, seedlings) and animal products beneficial for human nutrition.
PLO06 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Gain knowledge on environmentally friendly strategies for the protection, development and sustainable use of soil and water resources. 1
PLO07 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı It develops fertilization programs which ecologically oriented soil and healthy nutrition of the crop for sustainable soil management.
PLO08 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Gains knowledge about the disease factors, harmful weeds, insects, nematodes and mites that cause yield loss in culture plant cultivation.
PLO09 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik It ensures that plant and animal production is carried out with a holistic approach in sustainable agricultural systems. 2
PLO10 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Learn to create timely and correct mechanization programs.
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik On the basis of economic sustainability in agricultural production, it develops approaches that will ensure product acquisition and safe transportation to the consumer.
PLO12 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı It can develop systems that will ensure food safety and food security.
PLO13 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Knows the agricultural processes and economic analyzes of the produced yields to provide maximum benefit to the producer.
PLO14 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Develop and perform independent or team research and development projects on sustainable agriculture and food safety.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Sustainable Farm Management concepts and practices Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
2 Sustainable Farm Management concepts and practices 2 Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
3 interaction between agricultural production and the environment Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
4 hidden costs of crop and animal production (externalities) Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
5 different dimensions of sustainability: economy, environment and community Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
6 financial sustainability of farms Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
7 strategic and tactical management of farms Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
8 Mid-Term Exam Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
9 farm business planning, use of partial budgets Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
10 incorporating environmental indicators and environmental values ​​into farm business analysis Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
11 sustainability indicators Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
12 environment-profit trade-off analysis models, productivity analysis Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
13 environment-profit trade-off analysis models, productivity analysis 2 Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
14 Evaluation of alternative farm management strategies for sustainability Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
15 Evaluation of alternative farm management strategies for sustainability 2 Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
16 Term Exams Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
17 Term Exams Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 5 70
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 15 15
Final Exam 1 30 30
Total Workload (Hour) 157
Total Workload / 25 (h) 6,28
ECTS 6 ECTS

Update Time: 09.05.2023 09:03