Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
OTİ-23-125ORGANİK TARIM İŞLETMECİLİĞİNDE TARIM POLİTİKALARININ ANALİZİElective136
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Analyzing and interpreting the economic effects and social costs of alternative policies for the agricultural sector and assisting those concerned in policy choice
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Özlem SÖKMEN GÜRÇAM
Learning Outcomes
1It can dominate the measurement of the effects of alternative policies for the agricultural sector on various sectors and the economy in general.
2Be able to make policy choices and evaluate current practices under national and international constraints.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
-
Course Contents
Basic concepts and topics; policy-economic relations; state and market interventions; purpose, means and process of decision of economic policies; macroeconomic policies and agriculture; state aids in agriculture, reasons for aid and subsidies; scope, aims and means of agricultural policies; general and agricultural effects of intervention in agriculture; agricultural structure, production, price, market and income policies; foreign trade policies; globalization and agricultural policies
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction and Conceptual Framework--
2Scope and Objectives of Agricultural Policies--
3Agricultural Policy Practices (Tools) and Implications--
4Analysis of Welfare and Resource Distribution Effects of Agricultural Policies (Welfare Analysis)--
5Key Topics and Concepts--
6Supply Curve and Producer Surplus--
7Demand Curve and Consumer Surplus--
8Midterm Exam (It will be held during the lesson)-
9World Prices and Opportunity Cost--
10Price Interventions--
11Input Subsidies--
12Technological Development--
13Production and Supply Control--
14Single Goods Market (Supply-Demand) Analysis--
15final examination--
Recommended or Required Reading
Ders kitapları: 1. Halcrow, H.G., Spitze, R.G.F., Allen E.,Simith, J.(1994). Food and Agricultural Policy: Economics and Politics. Mc Graw - Hill Series 2. Yavuz, F. (2001). Tarım politikası II. A.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Yayınları No: 186. Recommended Resources (Helpful resources): 1. Sadoulet, E.; A. de Janury, (1995). Quantitative Development Policy Analysis. The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. 2. Gardner, B.L., (1987). The Economics of Agricultural Policies. Mac Millan Publishing Co.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
-
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Individual Study for Mid term Examination81080
Individual Study for Final Examination1010100
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)182
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
LO1
LO2
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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