Industrial Ecology Inspired Puzzle

In this post I will try to come up with a industrial-ecology inspired puzzle and then provide three alternative explanations for it. I have decided to choose a puzzle from my home country which I thought would be interesting for my mostly European classmates to listen. Having grew up with the stories and memories from my elders such as Turkey was once one of the several countries which was capable of its own needs and economically independent in terms of food and agriculture, and also having been in the Netherlands for a couple of weeks, which is famous for its very efficient and mechanized agriculture and which has the third ranking in the world despite its low population and land inspired my puzzle. Here it is:

The national agriculture and animal husbandry activities in Turkey is decreasing over years, and the country has started to import its several once characteristic goods such as such as wheat, cattle, olive oil, tea, watermelon, etc.

1. The country has unsuccessfully performed in the agriculture technology race among the past 30 years. From the other point the western countries have invested in research and development activities and technological development with enough funds and human power. That may be the reason behind favoring importing rather than farming because the first one is more profitable and rational people always choose the most profitable alternative.

2. The people are lazy. They are living under a nice weather without the motivation of searching for a growth in economy. They are not trying to improve their quality of seeds over years. They rather decide to use the imported seeds which are ready to use easily.

3. Turkey was poorly governed by incapable leaders, and they have given so many privileges and compromises to international companies and other countries. They deliberately left the farmers alone without giving them any support to survive in the competition in the market. (This explanation might sound rather extreme, it is partly because I am sharpening the phrases but it is actually what is being argued in the country in some groups. Well, I hear you saying conspiracy theories are beyond our subject but I have decided to add it because as always it is interesting to hear.)