Information Package / Course Catalogue
Sustainable Land Management
Course Code: TBB425
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 1
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

For sustainable use of agricultural lands, it is aimed to introduce the applications on soil management in order to use the land under appropriate and scientific data, as well as to develop and protect the lands.

Course Content

General information on the territory of Turkey regarding land management and what is placed, ensuring the necessary conditions for soil processing, selection of cultivation and processing systems, selecting the proper soil management of traditional and protected tillage systems, seed bed preparation, the causes of soil exhaustion, information about soil moisture, determining the amount of useful water for plants, giving information about fallow applications.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Learning sustainable soil management
2.Understand the importance of soil productivity and climate and human relations in terms of soil management
3.Has strategic knowledge to eliminate the factors that prevent the use of sustainable land
4.Understanding the importance of the effects of soil tillage on the physical and chemical properties of soil
5.Understanding the importance of soil organic matter effects on soil properties
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Aydeniz A., Toprak Amenajmanı, Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları
2.Karaçal İ., Toprak Verimliliği, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, 2008
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Sustainability and management concepts, sustainable management requirements of soils
Week 1 - Practice
Visual Presentation.
Week 2 - Theoretical
The effects of soil-climate-human order and relationships on sustainability in soil management
Week 2 - Practice
Visual Presentation.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Traditional and protected agriculture, soil exhaustion
Week 3 - Practice
Visual Presentation.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Soil tillage and soil crusting
Week 4 - Practice
Visual Presentation.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Soil tillage and purposes of tillage. The place and importance of cultivation in sustainable soil management
Week 5 - Practice
Visual Presentation.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Preparation of the seed bed, the role and importance of tillage in the preparation of the seed bed
Week 6 - Practice
Visual Presentation.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Soil cultivation and its purposes. Causes, indicators and solutions of soil compaction in sustainable soil management
Week 7 - Practice
Visual Presentation.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Advanced Applications and Technologies in Sustainable Soil Management
Week 8 - Practice
Visual Presentation.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Soil tillage systems and the factors affecting their selection, effects of tillage on soil properties
Week 9 - Practice
Visual Presentation.
Week 10 - Theoretical
The importance and basic indicators of soil quality in sustainable soil management
Week 10 - Practice
Visual Presentation. Homework
Week 11 - Theoretical
Barriers to sustainable land use
Week 11 - Practice
Visual Presentation.
Week 12 - Theoretical
The importance and purpose of water storage in arid and semi-arid regions. What is Fallow?
Week 12 - Practice
Visual Presentation.
Week 13 - Theoretical
What is Precision Agriculture? What are the Problems Related to Sustainable Soil Use?
Week 13 - Practice
Visual Presentation.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Evaluation of Sustainable Soil Management Strategies and Future Perspectives.
Week 14 - Practice
Visual Presentation.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Assignment1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice142142
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
5
5
OÇ-2
4
5
OÇ-3
3
4
3
OÇ-4
3
4
OÇ-5
3
3
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026