The aim of the course is to let students acquire knowledge and skills to adopt basic principles of organic agriculture, to assess prevailing conditions from ecological, economic and socio-cultural point of views, to plan the farm based upon on-farm inputs, to provide sustainability of the farm with the minimum impact on agroecosystem, and to evaluate all conditions with the scope of methods and inputs allowed in major valid legislative systems in a holistic way.
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
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Learning Outcomes:
1
The importance of organic agriculture in the World and Turkey;
2
Having the ability to produce organic vegetables ;
3
the selection of growing materials in organic vegetable growing;
4
To use of organic production methods ;
5
Being able to plan organic companies according to basic prinsiples;
6
Being able to Plan a sustainable system in organic agricultural companies;
7
Being able to investigation current legal regulations in Turkey and in the world in terms of the basic principles;
8
Having gained knowledge and skills to assess sustainability of organic production systems;
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Course Content:
Week
Theoretical
Practical
1
Definition and importance of organic agriculture
2
Basic principles: Ecology, Health
3
Principles and concepts of organic agriculture
4
Development and Current Status of Organic Agriculture in the World and in Turkey
5
Organic farming regulations, inspection and certification
6
Importance and preservation of soil fertility in organic management
7
Tillage and weed management in organic systems
8
Repeating courses and midterm exam
9
Disease management in organic vegetable production
10
Crop rotation
11
Organic animal production
12
Organic production of perennials
13
Harvest and post-harvest handling in organic production, quality of organic products.
14
Inspection and certification and the system in Turkey (TR) for organic agriculture
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
Organic agriculture (YAYÇEP), Ecological / Organic Farming and the Environment publication no.1
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Assesment
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
PERCENT
Midterm Exam
1
40
Quiz
0
0
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
Final Exam
1
60
Total
2
100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade
40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade
60
Total
100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
14
2
28
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
14
2
28
Homeworks, Performances
0
4
4
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
1
10
10
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
20
20
Total WorkLoad
90
Total workload/ 30 hr
3
ECTS Credit of the Course
3
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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
