Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Course Code | : OT205 |
| Course Type | : Required |
| Couse Group | : Short Cycle (Associate's Degree) |
| Education Language | : Turkish |
| Work Placement | : N/A |
| Theory | : 2 |
| Prt. | : 1 |
| Credit | : 3 |
| Lab | : 0 |
| ECTS | : 3 |
The aim of this course is to provide students with the fundamental principles and practices of organic industrial crop production within the framework of ecological, economic, and sustainable production systems, and to develop their ability to evaluate soil management, plant nutrition, crop rotation, pest and disease management, harvesting, quality, certification, and traceability processes through a holistic perspective. The course also aims to enable students to analyze the organic cultivation principles of sunflower, canola, safflower, sesame, cotton, flax, sugar beet, potato, tobacco, and medicinal and aromatic industrial crops, select appropriate cultivation practices, integrate digital agricultural technologies into data-driven decision-making processes, and acquire the professional competencies required to plan, implement, and evaluate sustainable organic production systems.
This course covers the fundamental principles of organic industrial crop production, organic production systems, soil fertility and plant nutrition practices, crop rotation, certification processes, organic cultivation principles of sunflower, canola, safflower, sesame, cotton, flax, sugar beet, potato, tobacco, and medicinal and aromatic industrial crops, weed, disease, and pest management, irrigation and crop maintenance practices, harvesting, storage, quality, traceability, digital agriculture applications, and the processing and marketing of organic products.
| 1. | Explain the fundamental principles, concepts, and production systems of organic industrial crop cultivation. |
| 2. | Evaluate soil fertility, plant nutrition, crop rotation, and certification processes in organic production. |
| 3. | Compare the organic cultivation principles of sunflower, canola, safflower, sesame, cotton, flax, sugar beet, potato, tobacco, and medicinal and aromatic industrial crops. |
| 4. | Analyze appropriate weed, disease, and pest management practices in organic production systems. |
| 5. | Plan irrigation, crop maintenance, harvesting, storage, and quality management processes for organic industrial crops. |
| 6. | Relate digital agriculture technologies and traceability applications to data-driven decision-making processes in organic production. |
| 7. | Evaluate organic industrial crop production systems from ecological, economic, and sustainability perspectives. |
| 8. | Develop scientific, ethical, and sustainable solutions to problems encountered in organic production processes. |
| 1. | Industrial Crops (Fiber Crop Growing Technique) Erol GÜNEL. 1993 Yüzüncü Yıl University |
| 2. | Industrial Crops and Breeding. Fethi İNCEKARA. 1979. Ege University. Faculty of Agriculture Publication |
| 3. | Altieri, M. A. (2018). Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture (3rd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. |
| 4. | Lampkin, N. (2019). Organic Farming. Ipswich: Old Pond Publishing. |
| 5. | Willer, H., & Lernoud, J. (Eds.). (2024). The World of Organic Agriculture: Statistics and Emerging Trends. Frick, Switzerland: FiBL & IFOAM Organics International. |
| 6. | Karaca, A. (2026). Organic Industrial Crop Production (Course Notes). |
| 7. | Karaca, A. (2026). Plant Production Systems in Organic Agriculture (Course Notes). |
| 8. | Karaca, A. (2026). Digital Technologies and Sustainable Production in Agriculture (Course Notes). |
| Type of Assessment | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | 1 | %5 |
| Quiz | 1 | %5 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | %30 |
| Final Examination | 1 | %60 |
| Activities | Count | Preparation | Time | Total Work Load (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture - Theory | 14 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| Lecture - Practice | 14 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Assignment | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Individual Work | 9 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Quiz | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) | 75 | |||
PÇ-1 | PÇ-2 | PÇ-3 | PÇ-4 | PÇ-5 | PÇ-6 | PÇ-7 | PÇ-8 | PÇ-9 | PÇ-10 | PÇ-11 | PÇ-12 | PÇ-13 | |
OÇ-1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
OÇ-2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||
OÇ-3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
OÇ-4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
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