SUSTAINABILITY IN AGRICULTURE AND ALIENATION IN PEASANTRY: ARGUMENTS DERIVED FROM THE CASE OF TURKEY
Yıl: 2018 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 158 - 168 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.14514/BYK.m.26515393.2018.6/2.158-168 İndeks Tarihi: 11-09-2019
SUSTAINABILITY IN AGRICULTURE AND ALIENATION IN PEASANTRY: ARGUMENTS DERIVED FROM THE CASE OF TURKEY
Öz: Industrial agriculture, unlike traditional agriculture, relies solely on high yield and profit. All the problemsattributed to it are directly or indirectly linked to this single-purpose nature. However, the industrialization ofagriculture does not proceed only in large holdings belonging the rich farmers: The small holdings, under a multilayeredpressure exerted by large scale capital dominating the input, output and credit markets, also resort to theseproduction methods. This creates a vicious circle through which small-scale producers, due to increasing costs,price volatilities and indebtedness, gradually lose control of their economic activity. Peasants under this pressurehave to use industrial, even prohibited inputs, knowing very well the harm they cause to the environment andconsumers. Additionally, they are perfectly aware that the capital holders controlling the input-output and creditmarkets gain profit by appropriating their labor through price mechanisms. Under these contradictory conditions,agricultural production loses all the traditional meaning attributed to it for the peasant. The peasant is thus alienatedfrom his produce in a way that is similar (but not exactly the same) to worker’s alienation to his labor power. Thisstudy investigates the example provided by Çukurova Region in Turkey to present arguments on the link betweensustainability (or the lack thereof) and peasant alienation.
Anahtar Kelime: TÜRKİYE ÖRNEĞİNDE ORTAYA ÇIKAN TARIMDA SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİK VE KÖYLÜ KESİMİNDEKİ YABANCILAŞMA ARGÜMANLARI
Öz: Geleneksel tarımın aksine endüstriyel tarım yalnızca verim ve kâr üzerine kuruludur. Ona atfedilen tüm sorunların doğrudan ya da dolaylı kaynağında bu tek yönlülük bulunur. Ne var ki, tarımın endüstrileşmesi yalnızca zengin çiftçilere ait olan büyük ölçekli işletmelerde gerçekleşmez. Küçük ölçekli işletmeler de girdi, çıktı ve kredi piyasalarına egemen olan büyük ölçekli sermayenin çok katmanlı basıncı altında bu üretim metotlarını benimsemek zorunda kalırlar. Bu, küçük ölçekli üreticinin yükselen maliyetler, fiyat oynaklıklar ve borçluluk nedeniyle tedricen kendi iktisadi faaliyeti üzerindeki kontrolü yitirdiği bir kısır döngü yaratır. Bu basınç altındaki çiftçiler endüstriyel, hatta kullanılması yasak girdileri, çevreye ve toprağa zararlı olacağını pekala bilerek kullanmak zorunda kalırlar. Buna ek olarak, girdi, çıktı ve kredi piyasalarını kontrol eden sermayenin fiyat mekanizmaları kanalıyla emeklerine el koyduğunun da açıkça farkındadırlar. Bu çelişkili koşullarda, tarımsal üretim küçük ölçekli üretim yapan çiftçiler için ona atfedilen tüm geleneksel değerleri yitirir. Böylelikle çiftçi ürününe, işçinin emek gücüne yabancılaşmasına çok benzer (ama tam olarak aynı olmayan) bir biçimde yabancılaşır. Bu çalışmada, Türkiye'nin Çukurova bölgesinden çekilen bir örneklemden yararlanılarak sürdürülebilirlik (ya da sürdürülemezlik) ile çiftçi yabancılaşması arasındaki bağlantı üzerine argümanlar sunulacaktır.
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| MLA | Önal Nevzat Evrim,özalp burhan SUSTAINABILITY IN AGRICULTURE AND ALIENATION IN PEASANTRY: ARGUMENTS DERIVED FROM THE CASE OF TURKEY. Beykoz Akademi Dergisi, vol.6, no.2, 2018, ss.158 - 168. 10.14514/BYK.m.26515393.2018.6/2.158-168 |
| AMA | Önal N,özalp b SUSTAINABILITY IN AGRICULTURE AND ALIENATION IN PEASANTRY: ARGUMENTS DERIVED FROM THE CASE OF TURKEY. Beykoz Akademi Dergisi. 2018; 6(2): 158 - 168. 10.14514/BYK.m.26515393.2018.6/2.158-168 |
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