Information Package / Course Catalogue
Agricultural Organization and Cooperatives
Course Code: TE315
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

At the end of this lesson students need for organization in agriculture; farmers with conviction, under the auspices of cooperatives to provide will be knowledgeable.

Course Content

In terms of agricultural organization between producers, especially in a large and widespread awareness to create a theoretical and applied approaches to bring to light the subject.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Understanding problems of agriculture sector.
2.Organizational awareness development
3.To be able to learn the basic concepts related to agricultural organization and cooperatives.
4.To be able to interpret the importance of agricultural organizations in terms of producers, rural development, and agricultural marketing.
5.Cooperatives and farmers and the country's economy gains
6.To be able to compare agricultural cooperative practices in Türkiye and in the world.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Presentation of the lesson; the scope of rule and requirements
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Types of organization of cooperatives in agriculture, meaning and scope of business-cooperative organization structure and the basic goals
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Some of the countries and in Turkey, birth of economic cooperation and development
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Cooperative principles and co-operatives from other features that separate
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Cooperatives and economic systems, cooperative-state relations analysis
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Co-operative bords, the task and responsibilities
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Legal status of cooperatives and cooperative enterprise operations
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Control, promoting financing in cooperatives
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Integration and organization in cooperatives
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Classification of co-operative and case studies
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Main types of co-operative encountered in Turkey
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Current cooperative policy applications in Turkey
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
New-generation cooperatives
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
In general, evaluation of Turkish cooperatives, problems and recommendations
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Seminar1%15
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice141242
Seminar1224
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1516
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
4
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
OÇ-2
4
2
1
1
1
2
4
3
3
OÇ-3
4
3
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
OÇ-4
3
2
1
1
2
4
2
3
4
OÇ-5
4
5
2
1
2
3
3
3
4
5
4
OÇ-6
3
2
1
2
4
2
3
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026