Hydroponics and geopolitics: soilless farming and visions of state power, c.1936–1972
European Journal of International Relations
Published online on January 23, 2026
Abstract
European Journal of International Relations, Ahead of Print.
From the late 1930s to today, the technological lure of hydroponics has inspired many geopolitical imaginations of planetary transformation. Hydroponics, or soilless farming, refers to a bundle of technologies to raise crops outside of arable land, using ...
From the late 1930s to today, the technological lure of hydroponics has inspired many geopolitical imaginations of planetary transformation. Hydroponics, or soilless farming, refers to a bundle of technologies to raise crops outside of arable land, using ...