Information Package / Course Catalogue
Basic Principles of Agricultural Economics
Course Code: TE190
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The purpose-built to gain access to scarce resources efficiently, and how to use it to be a law of general economic ilmine principles as for agriculture and on the implementation of skills required.

Course Content

General features, agricultural production agricultural production factors, general economic principles in terms of agricultural businesses use, agricultural marketing, agricultural financing applications, agricultural cooperative, agricultural policies, comparison of Turkey and the EU agricultural policies.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Gökhan ÇINAR
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to use factors of production in their agricultural businesses the most effectively and efficiently
2.To be able to comprehend and solve finacial problems of agriculture using basic principles of economy and agriculture science.mprehend and resolve
3.To be able to get positions in agricultural marketing, agricultural credit and financing, cooperative and business investment projects.
4.To be able to assess and comment on agricultural policies.
5.To be able to analyse agricultural policies that can be applied in terms of international competition.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction of the course; the scope and rules of the course and requirements
Week 2 - Theoretical
Examining the features of agricultural production
Week 3 - Theoretical
Identification of importance of agriculture economy in Turkey
Week 4 - Theoretical
Analysing agricultural production factors
Week 5 - Theoretical
Agricultural business enterprise,business structures, manager (producer) concept and its importance, decision-making ability,
Week 6 - Theoretical
The applied economic principles of agriculture (law of diminishing returns)
Week 7 - Theoretical
The applied economic principles of agriculture (Substitution principles)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Agricultural finance and credit
Week 9 - Theoretical
The economic principles of agriculture management (opportunity cost, relative benefit, equal to marginal product rule)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Agricultural marketing, benefits ofmarketing and contribution of marketing to the country's economy.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Agriculture and resource provisioning in their businesses, and applications use, in Turkey.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Evaluation of agricultural policies and practices related to agricultural policies in Turkey.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Comparative alanysis of the agricultural policies applied in Turkey and the EU.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Agricultural cooperatives
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)78
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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5
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5
5
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5
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5
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3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026