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AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
ECF435 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY 5 3 3 5

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 Reading Scope, features and sections (branches) of agricultural economics Lecture & Question Answer
2 Reading The agricultural economy from the past to the present and the functions expected to be fulfilled from agriculture today Lecture & Question Answer
3 Reading Economics of agricultural production (Law of diminishing returns, Engel function…) Lecture & Question Answer & Analysis
4 Reading The share of the agricultural sector in economic development and national income (with current data) Lecture & Question Answer & Analysis
5 Reading Agricultural production function, characteristics and product composition that provides maximum income (analysis with examples) Lecture & Question Answer & Analysis
6 Reading Agricultural production factors and mechanization in agriculture. Lecture & Question Answer & Analysis
7 Reading Agricultural product prices (Agricultural product supply and demand, agricultural product prices in a perfect competition market) Lecture & Question Answer & Analysis
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading Government intervention in agricultural products Lecture & Question Answer & Analysis
10 Reading Agricultural policy (Aims, instruments, structural and social policies of agricultural policy) Lecture & Question Answer & Analysis
11 Reading International agricultural policy and agricultural organizations Lecture & Question Answer & Analysis
12 Reading Agricultural finance and credit Lecture & Question Answer & Analysis
13 Reading Agricultural marketing Lecture & Question Answer & Analysis & Problem-Solving Method
14 Reading Analysis of Turkey-EU relations in terms of agriculture sector Lecture & Question Answer & Analysis & Problem-Solving Method
15 Reading Analysis of the agricultural sector with current data-General Review Lecture & Question Answer & Analysis & Problem-Solving Method
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -