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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |