SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN AGRICULTURE
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Course Title:
SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN AGRICULTURE
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Course Code:
BSM5014
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Type of Course:
Optional
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Level of Course:
Second Cycle
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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:
none
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Recommended optional programme components:
None
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Language:
Turkish
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Mode of Delivery:
Face to face
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Course Coordinator:
Prof. Dr. İLKER KILIÇ
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Course Lecturers:
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Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Biyosistem Mühendisliği, C blok, Kat 2, Nilüfer, Bursa ikilic@uludag.edu.tr 0 224 2941627
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Website:
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Objective of the Course:
To provide students with sufficient knowledge and skills to explain, interpret and discuss environmental sustainability issues in agriculture.
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
Students adapt the experiences they have gained in environmental sustainability and sustainable production systems in agriculture to their professional lives.
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Learning Outcomes:
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Knows the definitions of sustainability;
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List the features of sustainable agricultural production system;
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Conducts sustainability analysis;
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Lists legislation regarding sustainability;
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Course Content:
Week
Theoretical
Practical
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Sustainability definitions
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Sustainable agricultural production
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Ways of sustainable agricultural production
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Farm and land management in sustainable agricultural production
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Productivity and sustainability of small-scale farming systems in a local and global perspective
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Socio-ecological conditions affecting the sustainability of agricultural production
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Sustainable farming systems
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Design of sustainable agricultural systems
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Assessing the sustainability of agricultural production systems
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Sustainability analysis
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Computer software that can perform sustainable analysis
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Determining the sustainability of an example agricultural enterprise with software
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Determining the sustainability of an example agricultural enterprise with software
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Guidelines and regulations regarding sustainability
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
1. Lecturer's lecture notes 2. Design for Environmental Sustainability. Carlo Vezzoli,Springer,2018 3. Agricultural Sustainability. Gonzalez, Elisa Gomez, Delve Publishing, 2020 4. The Challenge of Sustainability in Agricultural Systems. Aleksei V. Bogoviz, Springer,2021
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Assesment
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
PERCENT
Midterm Exam
0
0
Quiz
0
0
Homeworks, Performances
1
30
Final Exam
1
70
Total
2
100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade
30
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade
70
Total
100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Homework presentation, final exam
Information
Students' success is evaluated through homework presentation and final exams.
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
14
3
42
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
14
4
56
Homeworks, Performances
1
45
45
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
0
0
0
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
30
30
Total WorkLoad
173
Total workload/ 30 hr
5,77
ECTS Credit of the Course
6
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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
