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Vegetable Growing in Permaculture

Course Code	: ZBB528
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 2
Prt.	: 2
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 6

Objectives of the Course

To Examine of alternative agriculture methods under lighting of permaculture and other methods and to learn and discuss of the sustainable vegetable growing.

Course Content

By diversity of agricultural applications, permaculture emerged and permaculture accepts the principles of respect of nature and sustainable ad disapproves excessive consumption. In this course frame, vegetable growing be examined in perspective of permaculture. It is discussed conventional, ecological, biodynamical agriculture comparing with shumei and permaculture

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

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Recommended or Required Reading

2.	Rosemary Marrow, Earth Users Guide to permaculture, 1993
3.	Bill Mollison, The Permakulture Book of Ferment Human Nutrition, 1993

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice

Introduction to permaculture Field observation

Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice

permaculture ethics, principels Preparation of seedling

Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice

Permaculture and vegetable growing The preparations of vegetable garden

Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice

Conventional vegetable with permaculture, ecological farming, biological farming, biodinamic farming, Shumei's comparisons The preparations for vegetabşe garden

Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice

Design of vegetable garden, various application descriptions The preparation for vegetable garden, key hole application

Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice

Sister plants Seeding and planting applications

Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice

Alternation in vegetables and its importance (Midterm exam)maintenance works in prepared vegetable garden

Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice

Alternation in vegetables and its importanceMaintenance works in prepared garden

Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice

Compost, green fertilizer and worm manure usage an its importance in vegetablesMaintenance work in prepared the vegetable garden

Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice

The place of usage of resistant cultivar, protective measures and biological combat in vegetablesMaintenance works in the prepared garden

Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice

Entegred vegetable propagation farming charactersThe maintenance works in the prepared garden

Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice

Local vegetable biovariation of TurkeyTechnical trip

Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice

The determination of harvest time and alternative applications for vegetable resistancy increasing and long time storageHarvest in vegetable garden and storage method applications

Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice

Project presentations and evaluations

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%30
Final Examination	1	%70

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	2	2	56
Lecture - Practice	14	2	2	56
Midterm Examination	1	13	1	14
Final Examination	1	17	1	18
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7
OÇ-1	5	5	5			3	4
OÇ-2	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
OÇ-3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
OÇ-4	5	5	5	5	5	5	3
OÇ-5	5	5	5	4	5	5	3
OÇ-6	5	5	5	3	4	5

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