Comprehending farmers’ values in peri-urbanised Ağlasun, Burdur, Turkey: The case study of rose (Rosa x damascena) cultivation

This paper illustrates the impact of peri-urbanisation on farmers’ values using the case study of rose cultivation in Ağlasun, Burdur, Turkey. Ağlasun is a village in south-western Turkey that has been undergoing social change with regards to peri-urbanisation. Within the scope of rose farming, the privatisation and globalisation of cultivation and the industry, alongside the rural gentrification of the village are assumed to have a significant impact on how farmers experience certain values: emotional connection to cultivation, family’s tradition of farming, and willingness to continue farming, as identified in the scope of this study. In order to investigate this connection between peri-urbanisation and farmers’ values that has not been well reported in the literature, this research adopts a qualitative methodology including interviews conducted with the rose farmers in Ağlasun in 2022. For this research, the following analyses are aimed; analysing the current status of farmers’ emotional connection to rose cultivation, family tradition of farming, and willingness to continue farming roses beyond 2022; and the relationship between such farmers’ values and the social change being brought about by peri-urbanisation in the village. The research findings suggest that emotional connection to cultivation and the farmers’ family tradition of farming are prevailing norms within the study group. A sizeable portion of the farmers are unwilling to continue farming due to the challenges linked to the peri-urbanisation of the village, whereas some are willing to continue, being motivated by emotional means. Ultimately, farmers’ emotional connection to cultivation, family tradition of farming, and willingness to continue farming roses are now being experienced differently due to the ongoing peri-urbanisation in the village. ; Cet article illustre l’incidence de la périurbanisation sur les valeurs des agriculteurs à travers une étude de cas sur la culture de la rose à Ağlasun, Burdur, en Turquie. Ağlasun est un village du ...