COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ORGANIC FARMING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Agricultural Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR YASEMIN ERGÜNER

Offered to

Agricultural Management (Evening)
Agricultural Management

Course Objective

Students taking this course to learn basic rules of organic farming products which is increasingly growing production area and importance in Turkey and in the world. Also be able to evaluate advantages and disadvantages of organic farming system altough other agricultere systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to evaluate organic farming system and phasses.
2   Being able to explain relationship between organic farming system, environmental pollution and sustainable soil fertility.
3   Being able to discuss the role of alternative plant nutrition materials and renewable source in organic farming.
4   Being able to evaluate positive relations between organic farming system and human health.
5   Being able to put forward differences of organic farming system than other agriculture systems and which is the basic agriculture system that can supply food require of the increasing world s population by healthy ways.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, definition of organic farming
2 Organic farming principles, differences between other farming systems and organic farming
3 Organic farming techniques I (Land choices for organic farming,soil tillage, increase and protect soil fertility)
4 Organic farming techniques II (Agriculture 4.0/5.0 technologies for organic farming)
5 Organic matter and plant nutrients use in organic farming (Plant residues, green matures, microorganisms, compost)
6 Crop rotation in organic farming (Basic principles, avilable rotation samples to fruit and vegetables)
7 Crop rotation in organic farming (Basic principles, avilable rotation samples to fruit and vegetable species)
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Plant protection in organic farming (Basic principles, passive protection techniques)
10 Plant protection in organic farming (soil health, soil rotation, resistant specie,mixed farming, manuring, weeds)
11 Harvest of organic products, classification of organicproducts, packing and storage
12 Inspection, control and certification of organic farming
13 Inspection, control and certification of organic farming
14 Discussion of the problems of organic farming
15 General Evaluation and Review
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Yrd. Doç.Dr. Mehmet Zengin, 2009. Organik Tarım - Hasad Yayıncılık, Istanbul.
Supplementary Book(s):
Anaç, D., B. Çolak Esetlili, Ö. Çobanoğlu, 2011. Toprak Verimliliği, Kompost ve Organik Tarım. Izmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Küçük Aile Işletmelerinde Organik Atıkların Değerlendirilmesi Modeli Projesi Kitabı.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Problem solving and case studies
3. Active participation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes will be assessed by mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.511

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