Information Of Programmes

AVANOS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS / ORT 224 - ORGANIC FARMING

Code: ORT 224

Course Title: AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Theoretical+Practice: 2+0

ECTS: 3

Year/Semester of Study

2 / Spring Semester

Level of Course

Short Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Optional

Department

ORGANIC FARMING

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

EMEL KAÇAR (emelkacar@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

ATA ESKİN,

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

To teach the basic concepts of agricultural economics by analyzing the concepts, to teach the production activities, problems and solutions of agricultural enterprises

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Can define the agricultural, diversification, technical and economical properties can be ordered.	PO-	Examination
LO-2	Can evaluate the importance of agriculture in terms of understanding and telling contributions to sectors.	PO-	Examination
LO-3	Can understand the basic elements of agricultural structure.	PO-	Examination
LO-4	The students who succeeded in this course, can apply the basic principles of the economy to agriculture.	PO-	Examination
LO-5	Can determine the production mode and method of agricultural operation, and can carry out all operations in production and product evaluation stages.	PO-	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Definition of agricultural economy and importance of agriculture, importance of agriculture, characteristics of agricultural structure, factors of production, economic principles in agricultural economy, production costs, price formation in agricultural products, concept of agricultural management, operational characteristics, classification, basic functions of business, annual activities in the enterprise, farm management, business analysis methods, business planning, production and marketing in enterprises, cooperatives in agriculture, credit and finance status in agriculture, scope, agricultural policy, EU relations
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	The definition of farming, the types and characteristics of farming production	Questions and Answers, Speaking Skills
2	The importance of farming, the contribution of the farming sector to nutrition and industry, its place in the economy	Questions and Answers, Speaking Skills
3	Fundamental factors and technological level of farming structure, population in farming and its characteristics, usage of land capital and its distribution by farms, the farm sizes	Questions and Answers, Speaking Skills
4	Capital usage in farming and technology level, mechanization, seed, fertilizer and manure usage in farming, varieties and quantities of farming products and its evaluations by years, institutional changes	Questions and Answers, Speaking Skills
5	Establishment and evaluation of some public institutions (ZDK, TSK, ZB, TMO etc.) and the contributions of intuitionalism to farming development	Questions and Answers, Speaking Skills
6	Fundamental principles of economics to farming, diminishing return law, substitution principles, marginal income principle, maximization of the production	Questions and Answers, Speaking Skills
7	Determining of costs of farming production, fixed and variable costs, average cost and costs of a product	Questions and Answers, Speaking Skills
8	mid-term exam
9	Supply and demand characteristics of farming products, farming product markets and price formation	Questions and Answers, Speaking Skills
10	Determining of production facilities of farming production, cost analysis according to partial and exact budget method in end of the year, determining of fiscal structure of a farm	Questions and Answers, Speaking Skills
11	Creating and developing of finance resources of a farm, credit conditions, preparation of payment plans	Questions and Answers, Speaking Skills
12	Importance of organization in farming, types of organizations, cooperatives, principles, types, the objectives of farming cooperatives, problems and theirs evaluations	Questions and Answers, Speaking Skills
13	General information on farming policies, aims and tools, application results, policy changes	Questions and Answers, Speaking Skills
14	Turkey-EU relations	Questions and Answers, Speaking Skills
15	Turkey-EU relations	Questions and Answers, Speaking Skills
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Prf.Dr.Zeynel DİNLER, Tarım Ekonomisi, 2008, Seçkin Yayıncılık
2	Prof. Dr. Cennet Oğuz, Doç. Dr. Zeki Bayramoğlu, Tarım Ekonomisi 2. baskı, Atlas Akademi
Required Course instruments and materials
Projector and laptop.

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)	2	14	28
Outside Class
a) Reading	2	10	20
b) Search in internet/Library	2	10	20
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	7	14
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	2	3	6
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			90