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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
ORT 110	BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE	2 + 0	2nd Semester	3

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Associate's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Course Objective	Aim of this lesson, to raise awareness to the student about organic agriculture growing steadily increasing in our country; to teach the definition of organic agriculture, purpose, features and basic principles.
Course Content	In this lesson will be given information about that definition and characteristics of organic agriculture production form, tillage, increasing soil fertility, conservationing soil fertility, agricultural control of diseases and pests.
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Learning of organic farming and organic product
2	Understanding of main principles of organic farming
3	Learning of starting to organic crop production and certification process, forming project
4	Understanding of differences between organic and conventional farming
5	Applying methods that will keep soil productivity on organic farming

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	14	2	28
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	10	1	10
Assignments	1	10	10
Mid-terms	1	13	13
Final examination	1	17	17
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			78 3

COURSE DETAILS

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Course Details

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Course Code	Language Of Instruction	Course Semester
ORT 110	BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE	2 + 0	1	Turkish	2020-2021 Spring

Course Coordinator	E-Mail	Phone Number	Course Location	Attendance
Lecturer HAKAN KARABACAK	hkarabacak@pau.edu.tr		ÇAMYO B0005	%70

Goals		Aim of this lesson, to raise awareness to the student about organic agriculture growing steadily increasing in our country; to teach the definition of organic agriculture, purpose, features and basic principles.
Content		In this lesson will be given information about that definition and characteristics of organic agriculture production form, tillage, increasing soil fertility, conservationing soil fertility, agricultural control of diseases and pests.

Topics

Weeks	Topics
1	Short History and Development of Organic Farming
2	Actual Statistics of Organic Agricultural Production on Turkey and World
3	General Rules of Organic Farming
4	Beginning to Organic Farming
5	Rules of Organic Vegetable Production
6	Protection, Preparation and Fertilization of Soil
7	Production of Compost
8	Biodynamic Farming
9	Green Manuring
10	Sowing and Planting
11	Crop Protection, Irrigation and Harvest
12	Process of Inspection and Certification System
13	Organic Farming Law
14	General Repetition

Materials

Materials are not specified.

Resources

Resources	Resources Language
27676/2010 Sayılı Organik Tarım Yönetmeliği	Türkçe
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Altındişli, 2006. Organik Tarım ve Temel İlkeleri PowerPoint Sunum, Ekolojik Tarım Organizasyonu Derneği (ETO), Bornova, İZMİR	Türkçe
Dilek Sarı, 2012. Organik Tarımın Tarihçesi ve Gelişimi, İTU ve OT Daire Başkanlığı, Ankara	Türkçe

Course Assessment

Assesment Methods	Percentage (%)	Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam	60	Final Exam
Midterm Exam	40	Midterm Exam

L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes

Prospective Student