Commodification of global agrifood systems and agro-ecology : convergence, divergence and beyond in Turkey / created by Yildiz Atasoy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Agrifood systems and supermarketization in the neoliberal era -- Breaking from the past : changes in agricultural land use and land access -- Globalgap and agro-biotechnology : syngenta and rijk zwaan in Turkish towns and villages -- Farming imaginaries : convergence, divergence and beyond -- The taste and smell of place : mixed strategies of production and marketing -- Trust and trustworthiness : a horizontal approach to paternalist labour relations in agriculture -- Supermarket expansion in a fragmented food provisioning system -- Concluding comments: a discussion on diversity -- References -- Index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Agrifood Systems and Supermarketization -- A Generalized Path -- Tensions within the Model -- 'Capitalism's Modernity' and Neoliberal Economization: The Inefficiency of Smallholder Agriculture -- A Brief Overview of Recent Developments in Turkish Agriculture -- Methodology -- Organization of the Book -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Breaking from the Past: Changes in Agricultural Land Use -- The Reorganization of Agriculture: World-Historical Context -- Agricultural Reform and Contraction of Small-Scale Agricultural Lands in Rain-Fed Dry Farming -- The Neoliberal Condition: Instituting Changes in the Reorientation of Agriculture -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Chapter 3 GLOBALGAP and Agro-Biotechnology: Syngenta and Rijk Zwaan in Turkish Villages -- The 'Good Agricultural Practices' (GAP) Project and Contract Farming -- Global Agricultural Biotechnology: Biodiversity, Patents and Trade in Biotech Seeds -- Agricultural Biotechnology in Turkey: The Seeds Law and Agriculture Law -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Farming Imaginaries: Convergence, Divergence and Beyond -- Tension and Ambivalence -- Narratives of Conformity and Nonconformity -- Future Control of Food and Landscapes: Commercial Farmers, Seed Distributors and Greenhouse Seedling Growers -- Commercial Farmers' View of Small-Scale Production -- Growth - with a Strong Work Ethic -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Chapter 5 The Taste and Smell of Place -- 'Organic' Producers in Beypazarı and Güdül -- Small-Scale Conventional Producers -- Discovery of Forgotten Heirlooms: Çağa in Güdül and Savcılı Büyükoba in Kaman -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes