Information Package / Course Catalogue
Soil Management
Course Code: TBB310
Course Type: Required
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

Soils of Turkey, soil and land management at the basin level, to inform students about sustainable agriculture in terms of agricultural production.

Course Content

The territory of Turkey in terms of land management, land management issues related to the drought, water economy and soil conservation, watershed units and elements, watershed planning and management, water resources planning, soil compaction, soil exhaustion, land management of salty soils, soil tillage, land consolidation, wrong agricultural practices and their negative impact on land, sustainable and ecological agriculture.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Gönül AYDIN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to talk about soils of Turkey.
2.Applying and planning the methods of problematic soils in terms of agricultural production.
3.To be able to use the most appropriate cultivation techniques.
4.To be able to practice sustainable agriculture techniques in the field.
5.Learning about climate change soil management relationships
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Erşahin S,Öztaş T, Namlı A,Karahan G.,2015 Toprak Amenajmanı Gazi Kitabevi ISBN 978-605-344-278-3 Ankara
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General information on soil management, yield-moisture and yield-plant nutrient relations.
Week 1 - Practice
Literature review.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Overview of the territory of Turkey as element of land management.
Week 2 - Practice
Literature review.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Soil mellowness; soil mellowness in soil consistency, soil physical situation in terms of soil mellowness, soil mellowness measurements.
Week 3 - Practice
Literature review.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Tillage; the aims of tillage.
Week 4 - Practice
Literature review.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Seed bed preparation; ideal qualities of a seed bed, cultivation for the seed bed preparation.
Week 5 - Practice
Field demonstration
Week 6 - Theoretical
Cultivation; the aims of cultivation.
Week 6 - Practice
Literature review.
Week 7 - Theoretical
The compaction problem in tillage.
Week 7 - Practice
Literature review.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Tillage tools.
Week 8 - Practice
Demonstration in the workshop
Week 9 - Theoretical
Semi-arid soil management in our regions and the water conservation and crop production.
Week 9 - Practice
Literature review.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Soil exhaustion.
Week 10 - Practice
Literature review.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Sustainable agriculture.
Week 11 - Practice
Literature review.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Sustainable land management.
Week 12 - Practice
Literature review.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Problematic soils in terms of agricultural production, saline and alkaline soil management.
Week 13 - Practice
Literature review.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Problematic soils in terms of agricultural production, saline and alkaline soil management.
Week 14 - Practice
Literature review.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice142142
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination1617
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
3
1
1
3
1
3
1
1
4
1
1
OÇ-2
2
4
2
4
3
1
2
3
2
1
2
OÇ-3
1
3
1
1
3
1
2
2
1
1
1
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1
4
3
2
3
1
1
1
4
2
1
OÇ-5
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
2
3
1
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026