COURSE SYLLABUS

FARMING SYSTEM AND INNOVATION

1	Course Title:	FARMING SYSTEM AND INNOVATION
2	Course Code:	TRE5340
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. İ.Bülent Gürbüz
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	bulent@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To provide information about the systems used in agriculture and technological developments
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Current datas are taught

Learning Outcomes:

1	general Knowledge about farming system;
2	General information about new technology accumulation in agriculture;
3	General information about new communication skills in agriculture;
4	Knowledge management systems;
5	adoption of innovations;
6	ability to learn and apply agricultural extension approaches;;
7	Acquiring the ability to decide and use the methods to be used in the conduct of publication studies;;
8	Gaining the ability to provide services in rural areas with the skills of preparing, implementing and evaluating extension programs;;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	farming system reseach
2	farming system reseach
3	farming system reseach
4	farming system reseach
5	farming system reseach
6	farming system reseach
7	farming system reseach
8	assigment
9	assigment
10	assigment
11	assigment
12	assigment
13	assigment
14	assigment

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Berth6 AL, Bloktand A, Bouar6 S, DiaUo B, Diarra MM, Geerling C, Mariko F, N'Djim H and Sanogo B (1991) Profil d'environnement Mali-Sud. Etat des ressources naturelles et potentialit6s de d6veloppement. IER, Bamako, Mali/KIT, Amsterdam, Pays Bas Brammer H and Clayton DB (1973) Detailed soil survey Kataba Valley Research sub-Station, Western Province. Soil Survey Report no 8. Soil Survey Unit, Land Use Services Division of the Ministry of Rural Development Brams E (1971) Continuous cultivation of West African softs: organic matter diminution and effects of applied lime and phosphorus. Plant and Soil 35:401--414 Breman H and Traor6 N, eds (1986) Analyse des conditions de l'61evage et propositions de politiques et de programmes. Burkina Faso, Sahel D(86)300, OECD, Paris, France Budelman A (1991) Woody species in auxiliary roles. Live stakes in yam cultivation. Development-oriented Research in Agriculture Vol 3. Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Budelman A and Huijsman A (1991) Towards a systems perspective. In: Savenije H and Hnijsman A, eds, Making haste slowly. Strengthening local environmental management in agricultural development, pp 13--47. Development-oriented Research in Agriculture, Vol 2, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Budelman A and Zander PM (1990) Land-use by immigrant Baoul6 farmers in the Tai region, South-west C6te d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Agroforestry Systems 11(2): 101--123 Campen W van (1991) the long road to sound land management in southern Mali. In: Savenije H and Huijsman A, eds, Making Haste Slowly. Strengthening Local Environmental Management in Agricultural Development, pp 131--148. Development-oriented Research in Agriculture, Vol 2. Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands D'Hoore J (1964) La carte des sols d'Afrique au 1/5000000. Commission de coop6ration technique en Afrique. Publication n ° 93. Lagos, Nigeria Ewe1 JJ (1986) Designing agricultural ecosystems for the humid tropics. Annu Rev Ecol and Syst 17:245--258 FAO/UNESCO/ISRIC (1988) FAO-UNESCO Soil Map of the World; revised legend. World Soil Resources Report 60, FAO, Rome, Italy Felker P (1978) State of the art: Acacia albida as a complementary permanent intercrop with annual crops. USAID Grant no 211 (d). Department of Soil and Environment Sciences, University of California, Riverside, USA Floor J, Kimaro DN, Vlot JE and Kekem AJ van (1990) Soil fertility aspects and sustainability of the traditional farming system in Bukoba District, Tanzania. Agricultural Research Institute, Mlingano, Tanga, Tanzania. Paper prepared for the 10th Annual General Meeting of the Soil Science Society of East Africa, Arusha, December 1990 Friedrich KH (1968) Coffee-banana holdings at Bukoba. The reasons for stagnation at a higher level. In: Ruthenberg H, ed, Smallholder Farming and Smallholder Development in Tanzania, pp 177--212. IFO-Institut fiir Wirtschaftsforschung, Munich, Germany Frissel MJ (1978) Cycling of Mineral Nutrients in Agricultural Ecosystems. Elsevier, London, UK Ganry F (1980) The importance of cultural methods to increase the quantity of nitrogen fixed by a groundnut crop in the Soudano-salaelian zone of Senegal. In: Organic Recycling in Africa. FAO Soils Bulletin n o 43. Rome, Italy Gils H van (1988) Environmental profile. Western Province, Zambia. ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands/Provincial Planning Unit, Mongu, Zambia Hart RD (1980) A natural ecosystem analog approach to the design of a successional crop system for tropical forest environments. Biotropica 122 (supplement): 73--82 Hijkoop J and Poel P van der (1989) D'un am6nagement anti-6rosif des champs h la gestion de l'espace rural. Bulletin KIT no. 317. KIT/CMDT/IER, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	It is programmed in the output-based education and training program.
Information	It is programmed in the output-based education and training program.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	5	10	50
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	8	10	80
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	10	10
Total WorkLoad			182
Total workload/ 30 hr			6,07
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ5	PQ6	PQ7
LO1	3	3	4	3	4	3	3
LO2	3	3	5	5	5	2	4
LO3	2	4	5	5	5	4	3
LO4	3	3	5	3	2	3	3
LO5	4	4	2	3	3	3	4
LO6	3	3	3	3	4	3	5
LO7	2	3	2	2	2	2	3
LO8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High