Author
Öztürk, M., Gür, Faik, Jongerden, J.
Publication Date
2021
Publication Place
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Taylor & Francis
Type
Book
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Record ID
f73d9568-8915-47b5-980a-b6c3db9efc43
Library Location
International Relations
Date
2021
Sample Text
Drawing on national and international data sets, we argue in this chapter that food security is weaker in countries and regions where conflict (military unrest, civil war, etc.) and neoliberal agricultural policies coincide, regardless of how powerful their agriculture has been in the past. We contend that while high input prices and liberalized market conditions negatively affect food accessibility much more than production, the production itself is fragile because of high prices of inputs and the cost of waste, transportation, and storage, particularly in a country like Turkey, where small-scale producers dominate agrarian structures. This inevitably transforms food accessibility into a structural problem. Given that putting burdens on small-scale farming triggers rural-to-urban flight and increases unemployment rates and thus poverty, abandoning neoliberal agricultural policies and supporting small-scale farming cannot be considered just an ethical position; on the contrary, it is the solution to the food security issues in Turkey and in the region.
Editör
Mayer, T., Anderson, M. D.
