INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURE

Course Description

Aim of the course is to inform the first year students about the importance of agriculture in respect to nutrition and ecological balances as well sustainability of land usage, different branches of agriculture such as agronomy, horticulture and animal science. Main chapters and topics of the course are as follows: Introduction (definitions, importance and components of agriculture, world agriculture); History of Agriculture (Prehistoric, Roman Period, Feudal-Scientific and Industrial Agriculture); Field Crop Production (classification, fertilizers and fertilizing, agrometeorology, irrigation, tillage, seeding); Horticulture (importance, branches, classification, soil requirements, climatic requirements, propagation methods, grafting, budding, pruning, fertilizing, irrigation, cropping systems, fruit drops, fruit thinning, unfruitfulness); Animal Production (World’s animal production, types of animal operations, animal breeding, reproduction , growth, cattle production, sheep and goat production, poultry production).

INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURE

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Course outcomes

1. 01 Basic information on the importance of agriculture
2. 02 Basic knowledge about history and development of agriculture
3. 03 Basic principled of field crop production
4. 04 Implements of fruit and vegetable productions
5. 05 Basic rules and principles of animal production

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Introduction to Agriculture (PDF Download Available). Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282905517_Introduction to_Agriculture [accessed Feb 17 2018].
2. 02 Dairy Cattle Husbandry, more milk through better management, 3rd completely revised edition,2008.Hans Blauw, Gijs den Hertog, Johan Koeslag. ISBN CTA: 978-92-9081-392-7
3. 03 Introduction to Horticulture.Dennis R.Pittenger.http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu
4. 04 Sheep 201 Index. Susan Schoenian: sschoen@umd.edu, 2017

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Basic information on the importance of agriculture
2. L02 Basic knowledge about history and development of agriculture
3. L03 Basic principled of field crop production
4. L04 Implements of fruit and vegetable productions
5. L05 Basic rules and principles of animal production

Program Outcomes

1. P01 Becoming aware of sufficient theoretical knowledge in basic engineering and agricultural science
2. P02 Having sufficient theoretical knowledge in basic agricultural production especially in pomology, viticulture, olericulture, floriculture and agronomy, and their breeding
3. P03 Being well equiped with practical experiences in agriculture
4. P04 Finding the source of environmental, biotic, abiotic, technical and economical problems in agricultural crops which reduce yield and quality, and create solutions to related problems
5. P05 Defining, classifying and naming cultivated crop plants and knowing how to manage them
6. P06 Breeding of horticultural and field crops, developing new cultivars and producing propagation materials of new developed varieties
7. P07 Applying up-to-date methods and techniques for preserving genetic resources and environment for sustainable use in agricultural commodities
8. P08 Evaluating, asseying and analyzing the changes in cultivation of horticultural and agronomic crops in respect to irrigation, fertilization, defining pests and diseases and after postharvest handling
9. P09 Establishing and managing orchards, vineyards and field crop productions and greenhouse operations
10. P10 Obtaining data in horticulture and field crops along with researching, considering, recording, consulting and expert abilities, project writing and applying
11. P11 Identifying different roles in enchancing individual abilities and skills beside taking responsibilities, participations in team works under any given conditions
12. P12 Easily accessing to appropriate information and thinking analytically in their interested area and subjects. They can do accurate timing and planning in agricultural productions in year round. They think analytically, prepare questionaries, have an exploratory and creative vision and use the obtained knowledge for the benefit of farmers and societies
13. P13 Having ability to transfer information and also able to easily communicate with the people in the field at different levels. They have self - confidence and self- improvement skills as well

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