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Description of Individual Course UnitsCourse Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | TAE-23-112 | LIVESTOCK ECONOMICS | Elective | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Level of Course Unit | Second Cycle | Objectives of the Course | • To teach basic economic terms and management principles which are needed to use limited production factors rationally
• to provide use of management principles in the problem-solving and decision making process in livestock holdings,
• to teach cost and profitability analysis of livestock holdings.
• basic concepts of the economics of livestock production;
• marketing and policy;
• further economics for the analysis of livestock development;
• tools for livestock economists that will affect future livestock development and
• to provide the tools to analyses the issues confronting producers,
• their advisers, planners and policy makers.
| Name of Lecturer(s) | Assist. Prof. Dr. Yakup Erdal ERTÜRK | Learning Outcomes | 1 | The students learn; general information about animal production sector | 2 | General description of economics, enterprises and basic | 3 | Techniques for increase efficiency and cost reduction, the principle of opportunity cost, | 4 | Marketing and marketing systems | 5 | International trade in animals and animal products |
| Mode of Delivery | Daytime Class | Prerequisites and co-requisities | None | Recommended Optional Programme Components | None | Course Contents | • Introduction to livestock economics
• Basic Economic Concepts
• Definition and scope of the economy
• The role of livestock in Turkey and the world economy, the importance and problems
• Livestock statistics
• Cattle farming
• Sheep and goat farming
• poultry
• Inland waters and sea fishing
• Meat and meat products industry
• the production of meat products and other livestock products
• The milk processing industry
• Milk and dairy products production
• Feed / forage production
• Government policies
• Employment potential for Livestock
• Environmental Effects of Livestock
• Foreign trade of livestock products
• EU accession negotiations and the WTO trade reforms
• Supply and supply characteristics of animal products
• Demand and demand characteristics of animal products
• consumption of livestock products
• supply and demand projections for livestock products
• Price formation in animal products
• General description of economics, enterprises, inflation, deflation and capital
• Input and support related to animal production, international relations and Common Agricultural Policy in European Union, World Trade Organisation and treaty
• International trade in animals and animal products, international marketing policies and strategies, problems and solutions in foreign trade,
• Problems and solutions in animal production in Turkey, professional and trade organizations in the industry
• Marketing and marketing systems (Organizations), and marketing model on production of milk, egg, white and red meat.
• Livestock organizations
| Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
1 | • Introduction to livestock economics
• Basic Economic Concepts
• Definition and scope of the economy
• The role of livestock in Turkey and the world economy, the importance and problems
| | | 2 | • Livestock statistics
• Cattle farming
• Sheep and goat farming
• poultry
• Inland waters and sea fishing
| | | 3 | • Meat and meat products industry
• the production of meat products and other livestock products
• The milk processing industry
• Milk and dairy products production
• Feed / forage production
| | | 4 | • Government policies
• Employment potential for Livestock
• Environmental Effects of Livestock
| | | 5 | • Foreign trade of livestock products
• EU accession negotiations and the WTO trade reforms
| | | 6 | • Supply and supply characteristics of animal products
• Demand and demand characteristics of animal products
| | | 7 | • consumption of livestock products
• supply and demand projections for livestock products
| | | 8 | • Price formation in animal products | | | 9 | • General description of economics, enterprises, inflation, deflation and capital | | | 10 | • Input and support related to animal production, international relations and Common Agricultural Policy in European Union, World Trade Organisation and treaty | | | 11 | • International trade in animals and animal products, international marketing policies and strategies, problems and solutions in foreign trade, | | | 12 | • Problems and solutions in animal production in Turkey, professional and trade organizations in the industry | | | 13 | • Marketing and marketing systems (Organizations), and marketing model on production of milk, egg, white and red meat. | | | 14 | • Livestock organizations | | | 15 | | | | 16 | | | |
| Recommended or Required Reading | • Rehber E., Tarımsal İşletmecilik ve Planlama, Tipi T, U.Ü. Basımevi Müdürlüğü, ISBN-975-6149-06-X, Bursa, 2005.
• Rehber E., Çetin B, Tarım Ekonomisi, Vipaş A.Ş. Yayın No: 10, ISBN-975-564-074-6, Bursa, 1998
• Rehber E., Ekonomi,U.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Notları No: 21, Bursa, 1995
• İçöz, Y. Bursa İli Süt Sığırcılık İşletmelerinde Karlılık ve Verimlilik Analizi, Tarımsal Ekonomi Araştırma Enstitüsü, Yayın No: 116, Ankara. 2004
• Aral,S. (1997) Hayvancılık İşletme Ekonomisi Ders Notları (Teksir)
• Case, Fair, Oster, 2010, Principles of Economics, Pearson, NY, 2010.
• Ömer Faruk Çolak, İktisada Giriş, Gazi Yayınevi, Ankara, 2008
• Petek, M., Hayvancılık İşletmeleri Yönetimi ve İşletme Ekonomisi. Öğrenci Ders Notları, 2011 (Basılmamış).
• Kaygısız F, Güneş H (1997) Hayvancılık İşletme Ekonomisi. İstanbul Üniv.Vet.Fak.Yay.İstanbul.
• Erkuş A, Demirci R (1985) tarımsal işletmecilik ve Planlama. A.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi Yayın NO.944, A.Ü. Basımevi, Ankara.
• Taub H (1999) Effective Management and Business Strategy. Mashav Course Note, Israel.
| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | | Language of Instruction | | Work Placement(s) | None |
| Workload Calculation | |
Midterm Examination | 1 | 10 | 10 | Final Examination | 1 | 10 | 10 | Attending Lectures | 14 | 10 | 140 | Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 10 | 10 | Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 10 | 10 | |
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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