PRACTICE AND ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE

Course Description

This course brings the student up to date with new developments in agriculture as well as the new developments in the common sphere of agriculture and other sectors of the economy. Agriculture has definite effects on nature, on the environment and on man himself. As humans are the initiators and propagators of agriculture, human activity should be bound to ethical rules regarding agriculture and should be liable for all the consequences of human activity. This course also encompasses the theory and practice of agricultural ethics aiming at the establishment of a mutually beneficial relationship between agriculture and nature and covers topics such as sustainability, the protection of breeders’ rights and upholding of standards governing true-to-type breeding.

PRACTICE AND ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Course outcomes

1. 01 1.Identifying and using systems of ethics
2. 02 2. Relating ethics to agricultural practice
3. 03 3. Explaining the laws and central principles of aproaches to ethics
4. 04 4. Applying principles of ethics to real life agricultural cases

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 1. Thompson, P.B. and Thompson, K.O. eds., 2018. Agricultural Ethics in East Asian Perspective: A Transpacific Dialogue (Vol. 27). Springer.
2. 02 2. Herring, R.J. ed., 2015. The Oxford Handbook of Food, Politics, and Society. Oxford University Press, USA.
3. 03 3. Thompson, P.B. and Oosting, 2020. Food and Agricultural Biotechnology in Ethical Perspective. Springer.

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 1.Identifying and using systems of ethics
2. L02 2. Relating ethics to agricultural practice
3. L03 3. Explaining the laws and central principles of aproaches to ethics
4. L04 4. Applying principles of ethics to real life agricultural cases

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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