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Program of Economics (English)

ECO434

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Course Code
ECO434
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
5
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. understand the basics of political economy of agriculture
  2. Learn the concept of food regimes.
  3. understand the transformation of agriculture after 1980's.
  4. Learning and utilizing fundamental models and concepts to analyze the main transformations and issues in agriculture in Turkey and the world
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThis course aims to introduce some basic understanding of food security and international development with a special focus on agriculture sector policies worldwide and in Turkey. The course readings that are mainly policy research papers will also provide students with an understanding of where international organizations stand in international development policies related to the agricultural sector, producers (farmers), consumers and trade relations.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Political Economy of Agricultural Transformation
2nd Week Political Economy of Agricultural Transformation
3rd Week Review and evaluation of the concepts
4th Week Agricultural Regimes i) Power, Hegemony and Regime: Basic Concepts
5th Week Agricultural Regimes i) Power, Hegemony and Regime: Basic Concepts
6th Week Agricultural Regimes i) First and Second Food Regime
7th Week Midterm Exam
8th Week Agricultural Regimes i) First and Second Food Regime
9th Week The structural Transformation after 80's and 3. Food Regime
10th Week The structural Transformation after 80's and 3. Food Regime i) WTO and Agricultural Agreement
11th Week Globalization of Agriculture i) Market Power
12th Week Globalization of Agriculture ii)Vertical integration and contract Farming
13th Week Globalization of Agriculture iii) Retail Sector
14th Week Review and evaluation of the concepts
Recommended or Required ReadingWeek 1-3
Bernstein, Henry (2010) Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change,
Rugby, UK:Practical Action Publishing, <
http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781788532174
Sahinoz, Ahmet (2017) Neolitik'ten Günümüze TARIM
EKONOMİ VE POLİTİKLARI Turhan Kitapevi, Ankara
Week 4 - 5
KEOHANE Robert O.; "The Demand for International Regimes"
International Organization Vol.36, No.2 International
Regimes (Spring 1982) pp.325-355
KEOHANE Robert O; After Hegemony. Cooperation and
Discord in the World Political Economy. Princeton
University Press Princeton New Jersey, 1984.
MCKEOWN Timothy; ?Hegemonic Stability Theory and 19th
Century Tarif Levels in Europe? International Organization
Vol.37, No.1 (Winter 1983) pp.73-91
STRANGE, Susan; "Cave! Hic Dragons: A Critique of
Regime Analysis" International Organization, Vol.36, No.2,
International Regimes. (Spring,1982), pp.479-496
STRANGE, Susan; ?The Persistent Myth of Lost
Hegemony? International Organization, Vol.41, No.4.
(Autun,1987), pp.551-574
RUSSETT, Bruce; "The Mysterious Case of Vanishing
Hegemony; or, is Mark Twain Really Dead?" International
Organization 39 (Spring 1985) pp.207-231
Week 6-7-8
FRIEDMANN Harriet; "Feeding the Empire:Pathologies of
Globalized Agriculture" Socialist Register 2005.
FRIEDMANN Harriet; From Colonialism to Green
Capitalism: Social Movements and Emergence of Food
Regimes
CLEAVER Harry M.; "The Contradictions of the Green
Revolution" The American Economic Review, 1972, Vol.62
No.1/2 pp177-186
CROTTY James; "Structural Contradictions of the Global
Neoliberal Regime" Review of Radical Political Economics
Vol. 32, 3 (2000) 361-368
Week 9
HEFFERNAN William H ve CONSTANCE Douglas H.;
Transnational Corporations and the Globalization of the Food
System. From Columbus to Conagra he Globalization of
Agriculture and Food.
MCMICHAEL Philip; Global Development and the Corporate
Food Regime. Paper prepared for Symposium on New
Directions of Global Development, XI World Congress of Rural
Sociology, Trondheim July 2004
OYA, Carlos; "Kalkınmakta Olan Ülkelerde Çiftçilere Sopa ve
Havuç:Kuramda ve Uygulamada Tarımsal Neoliberalizm"
Neoliberalizm Muhalif Bir Seçki İçinde (Çev. Şeyda Başlı ve
Tuncel Öncel) Haz. Alfredo Saad-Filho ve Deborah Johnston,
Ankara, 2008.
Week 10
FAO; FAO Papers on Selected Issues Relating to WTO
Negotiations on Agriculture. FAO 2002.
FAO; Agriculture, Trade and Food Security, Fao, Rome
2002
Week 11
MURPHY Sophia; Concentrated Market Power and
Agricultural Trade. Ecofair Trade Dialogue Discussion papers

No.1, August 2006
OXFAM; "Boxing Match in Agricultural Trade." Oxfam Briefing
Paper No.32 November 2002
Week 12
KİRSTEN J.F. & SARTORİUS, K. ; Linking agribusiness and
small-scale farmers in developing countries. Is there a new
role for contract farming. Development Southern Africa.
Vol. 17, No. 4. October 2002
REHBER, Erkan; Vertical Integration in Agriculture and
Contract Farming. Working Paper Series # 46. A Joint USDA
Land Grant University Research Project, Food Marketing Policy
Center, University of Connecticut, 1998 USA.
Week 13
REARDON, Thomas ve BERDEGUE, Julio A.; "The Rapid Rise of
Supermarkets in Latin America: Challanges and Opportunities
for Development" Development Policy Review 2002, Vol.20,
No.4, pp:371-388.
REARDON, Thomas, TIMMER, C. Peter ve BERDEGUE, Julıo A.;
"Supermarketization of the Emerging Markets of the Pacific
Rim:Development and Trade Implications" Journal of Food
Distribution Research 2005, Vol.36, No.1 pp3-12
SHEPHERD, Andrew W. ; The Implications of Supermarket
Development for Horticultural Farmers and Traditional
Marketing Systems in Asia. Fao Rome, 2005.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Project 1 10
Attendance 14 20
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for Quiz 0 0 0
Individual or group work 14 3 42
Preparation for Final exam 1 20 20
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20
Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0
Final exam 1 10 10
Homework 1 5 5
Presentation (including preperation) 0 0 0
Project 1 10 10
Article 1 5 5
Total Work Load155
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.16
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionEnglish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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K2 X X
K3 X
K4 X X
K5 X
K6 X
K7
K8 X X
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K10 X
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K13 X