Tarımsal gıda alanında sürdürülebilirlik ve verimlilik ilişkisi: Topraksız tarım

Due to the rising global population and potential food shortages, ecological, sustainable and efficient alternative production methods are becoming potential solutions. The soilless farming is advocated for increasing efficiency through the technological advancements and highlighting its sustainable features. This production method stands out due to characteristics such as water efficiency, energy savings, human control, and shortened harvest periods. This thesis aims to understand the concepts of sustainability and efficiency, which are cited as the reasons for the preference of soilless agriculture, and to analyze the relationship between these two concepts. In this context, the views of Haraway, particularly the concept of "cyborgization," will shape the framework of the study, and the feasibility of the future envisioned by Haraway through soilless farming will be examined. In line with this, a netnographic approach was employed to examine the internet pages of fourteen soilless farming producers worldwide, who were selected using a snowball sampling method. Field notes from the examinations were used for coding, and numerical data derived from these codes were analyzed. It was determined that the primary reason for the preference of soilless agriculture is profitability, and the relationship between sustainability and efficiency is mainly intertwined from an economic perspective. Notably, solutions predominantly target production systems while sidelining distribution and consumption processes, raising queries about resultant power dynamics. In conclusion, with the influence of technology, there has been a distance from Haraway's vision of a cyborg, equal, just, and classless world, and that the existing economic system has exacerbated inequalities.