COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 4220 AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Agricultural Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DILEK YÜCEL ENGINDENIZ

Offered to

Agricultural Management (Evening)
Agricultural Management

Course Objective

To teach and inform about risk management tools and insurance practises in agriculture, agricultural insurance practises in developed and developing countries, technical aspect of insurance practises.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain important of insurance as a tool for undertaking risk in agriculture.
2   Being able to display knowledge about agricultural insurance regulations and organizational substructure of insurance system.
3   Being able to analyse difference practises and policies in agricultural risk management with economic aspects.
4   Being able to practise with case studies and discussions in agricultural insurance practises.
5   Being able to determine loss assessment practises.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition, historical development, functions and categorization of insurance
2 Definition, scope and categorization of agricultural insurance, it s relationship with private and social insurances
3 Risk theory: definition and categorization of risk, insurance of risk
4 Agricultiral risk and uncertainty, natural, economic and social risk and uncertainty and evaluation of their
5 Decision making under risk and uncertainty conditions, analysis of decision making in agricultire, behaviors of farmers in risk circumstances
6 Insurance pactises in agriculture (evaluation of insurance practises in EU, USA, Canada, Japan, Asian countries)
7 Insurance pactises in agriculture (evaluation of insurance practises in EU, USA, Canada, Japan, Asian countries)
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Agricultural insurance regulation and developments in organizational structure
10 Evaluation of Turkish agriculture respect to insurance practises, crops, animal husbandry, fishery products, agricultural machines, agricultural building and natural disaster (earthquake) insurance practises
11 Private life and healty insurances of living and working populations in agriculture with insurance of farmers
12 Insurance mathematics: insurance value, determination of insurance Premium, premium/loss relationships
13 Theory, determination techniques and organizasyonu of loss
14 Problems and solve suggestions of agricultural insurance practises in Türkiye

Recomended or Required Reading

Main books:
1. G.Eraktan, Türkiye de Zirai Sigortanın Lüzum ve Önemi, TC Ziraat Bankası Matbaası, 1970, Ankara.
2. H. Tanrıvermiş, Tarım Sigortaları, Matsa Basımevi, 1994, Ankara.
3. H. Tanrıvermiş, Türkiye de Tarım Sektörünün Sigorta Sorunu ve Çözüm Önerileri, Milli Reasürans T.A.Ş. Yayını, 1997, Istanbul.
Supplementary books:
1. Anonim, Devlet Destekli Tarım Sigortaları Genel Şartları, TC Başbakanlık Hazine Müsteşarlığı, 2006, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Question- answer
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 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

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.11111
LO.211111
LO.311111
LO.41111
LO.51111

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