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AVANOS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS / ORT 101 - ORGANIC FARMING

Code: ORT 101 Course Title: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC FARMING Theoretical+Practice: 2+1 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course Short Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department ORGANIC FARMING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MEHMET SUAT BİRECİKLİGİL (suatbirecikligil@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Organic and sustainable farming practices are environmentally friendly farming techniques and topics cover all the plants, the interaction of producers and consumers triangle purposes.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Organic and sustainable farming are learning the concepts of the basic principles PO-10 Has knowledge of social responsibility, ethical values ​​and legal bases on issues related to the Organic Agriculture Program.
PO-11 Solve problems related to sustainable agriculture and to manage sustainable agricultural policies.
 		Examination
LO-2 Traditional agricultural practices and alternative agricultural practices will have the necessary knowledge and equipment PO-6 Consider ecological conditions of each region and implement appropriate production techniques in organic farming.
 		Examination
LO-3 Can learns the relationship between the agricultural environment PO-8 Has biodiversity and environmental awareness.
 		Examination
LO-4 Becomes more sensitive to the environment PO-12 Has knowledge about climate changes in crop production and alternative crop rotation systems according to regions.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Basic principles of organic and sustainable farming, Project Preparation and Management, Soil Fertility in Organic Farming, Seizure in Organic Farming, General Principles of Plant Protection in Organic Farming, Biotechnical War in Organic Farming, Biological War in Organic Farming.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 History and Development of Organic Farming presentation
2 Turkey Ecological (organic, biological) Farming presentation
3 Principles and Concepts of Ecological Farming presentation
4 Organic farming Legals presentation
5 Ecological Farming Project Preparation and Management presentation Case Method
6 Ecological farming problems in the control and certification system presentation
7 Changing concepts and terms in Agricultural Production Format presentation Case Method
8 mid-term exam
9 Soil fertility in organic farming presentation
10 Rotation in organic farming presentation
11 Organic Farming Production in Healthy Choice Reading presentation
12 General Principles of Plant Protection in Organic Farming presentation
13 Biotech War on Organic Farming presentation
14 Biological War on Organic Farming presentation
15 Eye of the manufacturer of Organic Farming presentation
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Organik Tarım El Kitabı-Tarım ve Köyişleri Bakanlığı
2 İzmir Tarım İl Müdürlüğü Araştırma Geliştirme ve Güzelleştirme Derneği, Organik Tarım, Bornova-İZMİR, 2002.
Required Course instruments and materials
1- ?zmir Agricultural Provincial Directorate Resesarch-Development and Beautification Association, ?Organic Farming?, Bornova-?ZM?R, 2002 2- Organic Farming Handbook -Ministry of farming and Rural Affairs

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 4 14 56
Outside Class
       a) Reading 4 5 20
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 6 18
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 6 12
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 6 12
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 120