Skip to:ContentBottom
Cover image for Agro Food System transitions? Exploring Alternative Agro Food Initiatives in İzmir, Turkey
Agro Food System transitions? Exploring Alternative Agro Food Initiatives in İzmir, Turkey
Title:
Agro Food System transitions? Exploring Alternative Agro Food Initiatives in İzmir, Turkey
Author:
Karakaya, Emel, author.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
xxii, 334 leaves: color illustraltions.+ 1 computer laser optical disc.
Abstract:
This dissertation investigates emerging Alternative Agro Food Systems (AAFSs) in Turkey and does so by focusing on three niche initiatives in İzmir. Building on Regime Theory and the Multi-Level Perspective, it views these initiatives as strategic niches and explores their development processes by documenting their socio-technical practices. Thus, this thesis fulfills the understanding of newly emerging alternatives and their transformation in Turkey with regard to their development processes in İzmir. Through exploratory qualitative multiple case study, this dissertation provided a meso-level investigation, documentation of the agro food system and micro-level investigation of Alternative Agro Food Initiatives in Turkey. A micro-level exploration is undertaken by three niche initiatives in İzmir; (a) producer initiated Alternative Agro Food Niche- Gödence Cooperative, (b) consumer initiated Alternative Agro Food Niche- BİTOT and (c) producer-consumer collaborated Alternative Agro Food Niche-Foça Earth Market. Case studies, which are explored in İzmir, have provided a city-level investigation through examination of role of İzmir in the emergence and development of alternative agro food niches. Case studies reveal characteristics and development processes of alternative food initiatives. Gödence revealed a niche that shows a degree of compatibility with the incumbent regime. This compatibility blunted the innovative capacity of the niche due to several structural reasons and path-dependencies. Stabilizing path-dependencies created tendencies which restrain the diffusion of socio-technical practices. On the other hand, BİTOT and Foça Earth Market formed new niches. The creativity, talent to widen voluntarism and existing networks of Buğday Association provides BİTOT a web of volunteers to create, design and apply socio-technical practices. Foça Earth Market’s unique innovation capacity is lying under its artifice to use incumbent regime institutions to create alternative socio-technical practices. The flexibility in the Foça Niche to motivate actors including those from mainstream regime has contributed to the innovative capacity of the initiative.
Added Author:
Added Uniform Title:
Thesis (Doctoral)--İzmir Institute of Technology: City and Regional Planning.

İzmir Institute of Technology: City and Regional Planning--Thesis (Doctoral).
Electronic Access:
Access to Electronic Versiyon.
Holds: Copies: