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Key results from the survey on organic agriculture worldwide 2012 Part 2: Land use and crop data
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland, in cooperation with the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM Supported by: Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs, International Trade Centre, NürnbergMesse Data as published February 2012 in The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2012 For updates check www.organic-world.net Contact: Helga Willer, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, FiBL, Frick, Switzerland, [email protected] , http://www.organic-world.net/yearbook-2012.html FiBL, Frick, May 7, 2012
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The Global Survey on Organic Agriculture: Supporters
› International Trade Centre, Geneva
› The Swiss State Secretariat of
Economic Affairs SECO, Berne
› Nürnberg Messe, the organizers of the
BioFach Organic Trade Fair
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The World of Organic Agriculture 2012
› The 13th edition of ‚The World of Organic Agriculture‘, was published by FiBL and IFOAM in February 2012.*
› Contents: › Results of the survey on organic agriculture
worldwide; › Organic agriculture in the regions and
country reports; › Australia, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bulgaria,
Canada, Ethiopia, Iran, Pacific Islands, Peru, Thailand, Turkey and United States.
› Chapters on the global market, standards & legislations, voluntary standards , PGS and European market
› Numerous tables and graphs. › The book can be ordered via IFOAM.org
and shop.FiBL.org. *Willer, H, and Kilcher, L. (2012) The World
of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2012. IFOAM, Bonn, and FiBL, Frick
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Website www.organic-world.net
› Detailed statistics in excel format (in progress)
› Graphs & Maps › Data revisions › News and
background information
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Definition of organic areas
› Agricultural land (37 million hectares in 2010) › Cropland
› Arable land (cereals, vegetables etc.)
› Permanent crops (fruit, grapes, olives …)
› Cropland, no details (=arable land and permanent crops)
› Permanent grassland › Other agricultural land
› Non-agricultural areas (43 million hectares) › Wild collection/Bee keeping › Forest › Aquaculture › Grazing areas on non-agricultural
land
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World: Use of organic agricultural land 2010 (total: 37 million hectares)
Arable crops 17%
Perm. crops 7%
Perm. grassland
64%
Other agr. land 1%
No details 11%
Source: FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012
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Main land use types in organic agriculture 2010
› The chart of the share of land
use types in the regions shows: › For a large part of the organic
agricultural land in both Africa and Asia, land use information is not available
› Africa has a large proportion of permanent crops; these are mainly cash crops such as coffee, tropical fruit and olives.
› Europe and North America use about half of their organic agricultural land as grassland, and the other half is arable land. In Europe the share of permanent crops is higher than in North
America, mainly due to olives and grapes grown in the Mediterranean countries.
› Latin America has little arable land compared to the large grazing areas (Uruguay and Argentina). It has a comparatively high share of permanent crops (mainly coffee).
› Oceania is characterized by the large grazing areas of Australia. The Pacific Islands produce a large range of tropical crops; New Zealand produces a lot of fruit.
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Agricultural land use by region in organic agriculture 2010
Source: FiBL & IFOAM Survey 2012
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Development of land use types in organic agriculture 2004-2010
3.4 4.0 4.3 4.8 5.1 5.7 6.1
0.9 1.2 1.4 1.9 2.0 2.5 2.7
21.8 19.9 20.3 20.7
22.9 23.6 23.7
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Hec
tare
s M
illio
ns
Arable crops
Permanent crops
Permanentgrassland/grazing
Source: FiBL & IFOAM Survey 2012 Figure excludes data for orther agricultural land or agricultural land for which no details are available
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World: Use of organic agricultural land 2010 (total: 37 million hectares)
Source: FiBL & IFOAM Survey 2012
0,270,30
0,472,03
2,51
0,0 1,0 2,0 3,0
VegetablesProtein crops
OilseedsGreen fodder from …
Cereals
In millions of hectares
Key arable crops
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Key crop groups in organic agriculture: 2009 and 2010 compared
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012, based on data from governments, the private organic sector and certifiers
0,120,190,220,260,270,290,30
0,470,50
0,642,03
2,51
0,0 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5 3,0
Fruit, temperateFruit, tropical and subtropical
GrapesNuts
VegetablesCocoa
Protein cropsOilseeds
OlivesCoffee
Green fodder from arable …Cereals
Million hectares
20102009
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Organic grassland/grazing areas 2010
› With a total of at least 23.7 million hectares, the organic grassland/grazing areas constitute almost two thirds or 64 percent of the organic agricultural land.
› The organic grassland/grazing areas account for 0.4 percent of the world’s total organic grassland/grazing areas .
› An increase of 0.1 million hectares or 1 percent was reported compared with 2009.
› Half of the organic organic grassland/grazing areas is located in Oceania (50 percent of the organic grassland/grazing area or 11.8 million hectares), followed by Latin America (24 percent or 5.6 million hectares) and Europe 19 percent or 4.5 million hectares).
Source: FiBL & IFOAM Survey 2012
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Organic permanent grassland/grazing areas by region 2010 (total 23.7 million hectares)
Source: FiBL & IFOAM Survey 2012
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Organic arable land 2010
› With a total of at least 6.1 million hectares, arable land constitutes 17 percent of the organic agricultural land.
› The organic arable land accounts for 0.44 percent of the world’s total arable land.
› An increase of 6 percent was reported.
› Most of the organic arable land is located in Europe (4.1 million hectares), followed by North America (more than 1.3 million) and Latin America (412’349 hectares).
› Most of this category of land is used for cereals including rice (2.5 million hectares), followed by green fodder from arable land (2 million hectares) and vegetables (0.22 million hectares).
Source: FiBL & IFOAM Survey 2012
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Organic arable land by region 2010 (total 6.1 million hectares)
Source: FiBL & IFOAM Survey 2012
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Organic arable land worldwide by main crop groups 2010 (total 6.1 million hectares)
Source: FiBL & IFOAM Survey 2012
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Permanent cropland 2010
› Permanent crops account for approximately seven percent of the organic agricultural land, amounting to 2.7 million hectares, which is 1.75 percent of the world’s permanent cropland.
› Compared with the previous survey (data 2009), 0.15 million hectares more were reported.
› With 7 percent, permanent cropland has a higher share in organic agriculture than in total agriculture, where it accounts for approximately three percent of the agricultural land.
› Most of the permanent cropland is in Europe (almost 1 million hectares), followed by Latin America (0.87 million hectares) and Africa (0.48 million hectares).
› The most important crops are coffee (with 0.64 million hectares reported, constituting 24% of the organic permanent cropland), followed by olives (0.49 million hectares), cocoa (0.29 million hectares), nuts (0.26 million hectares), and grapes (0.21 million hectares).
Source: FiBL & IFOAM Survey 2012
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Organic permanent cropland by region 2010 (total 2.7 million hectares)
37.0%
32.6%
18.3%
8.9% 2.4% 0.8%
Europe
Latin America
Africa
Asia
North America
Oceania
Source: FiBL & IFOAM Survey 2012
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Organic permanent cropland worldwide by main crop groups 2010 (total 2.7 million hectares)
24.2%
18.6%
10.8% 9.9%
8.2%
28.3% Coffee
Olives
Cocoa
Nuts
Grapes
Others
Source: FiBL & IFOAM Survey 2012
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Organic wild collection and beekeeping 2010
› A collection area (including beekeeping) of 43 million hectares was reported for 2010.
› The organic wild collection areas are concentrated in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
› The countries with the largest areas are Finland (mainly berries), followed by Brazil and Zambia (beekeeping).
› Wild berries, medicinal and aromaric plants are the main crops in this areas.
› An increase of 2 million hectares were reported compared with 2009, this represent a almost 5 percent growth.
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Geographical distribution of organic wild collection and beekeeping areas in 2010
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Organic wild collection & beekeeping: The ten countries with the largest areas 2010
0.82 0.83 0.90
2.18 3.00
3.65 5.91 6.00
6.20 7.80
0.0 2.5 5.0 7.5 10.0
SerbiaBoliviaChina
Russian FederationNamibia
IndiaZambia
CameroonBrazil
Finland
Million hectares
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Organic wild collection and beekeeping land worldwide by main crop groups 2010 (total 43 million hectares)
Beekeeping 30%
Berries, wild 19% Fruit, wild
4%
Medicinal and aromatic plants,
wild 8%
Wild collection no detail/other
39%
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012, based on national sources
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Organic citrus fruit 2010
› The area of organic citrus fruits includes oranges, lemons and limes, grapefruit and pomelos and ‘other citrus fruits’.
› At least 60’000 hectares of citrus fruit are grown organically worldwide.
› This constitutes 0.7 percent of the world’s citrus area of 8.9 million hectares in 2009 (FAOSTAT).
› The countries with the largest organic citrus areas are: Italy, Mexico and Ghana.
› As no crop details for the organic area were available for some of the world’s leading citrus producers - China (2 million hectares), India (0.9 million hectares, and Nigeria (0.75 million hectares) - it can be assumed that the world figures for the area under organic citrus is higher.
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Organic citrus area: The ten countries with the largest areas 2010
783 1'165
1'909 3'400
4'195 5'392 5'692 5'720 6'024
23'424
0 10'000 20'000 30'000
TurkeySouth Africa
GreeceBrazil
Cuba (2008)Spain
USA (2008)Ghana
Mexico (2008)Italy
Hectares
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012, based on national sources
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Organic citrus fruit: Growth of the organically managed land 2004-2010
28'595 33'793
40'460
50'258
57'638 64'696
60'709
0
20'000
40'000
60'000
80'000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Hect
ares
Source: FiBL, IFOAM & SOEL Surveys 2006-2012
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Organic cereals 2010
› In 2010, 2.5 million hectares of cereals were under organic management.
› This is an increase of 0.1 million hectares compared with 2009, when 2.4 million hectares were grown organically.
› The countries with the largest organic cereal areas are the US, Canada, Germany and Italy.
› As some of the world’s large cereal producers (such as India, China and the Russian Federation) did not provide land use details, it can be assumed that the area is actually larger.
› 0.4 percent of the total cereal area is under organic management (according to FAO 700 million hectares of cereals were harvested in 2009).
› Some countries are, however, reaching higher shares: Austria (11.4 percent), Sweden (7.4 percent), Estonia (6.1 percent) and Lithuania (5.8 percent).
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Organic cereals: Growth of the organically managed land 2004-2010
1'564'571 1'427'828
1'763'260 1'869'188
2'203'093 2'482'399 2'512'715
0
500'000
1'000'000
1'500'000
2'000'000
2'500'000
3'000'000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Hec
tare
s
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012, based on national sources
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Organic cereals: The ten countries with the largest areas 2010
95'569
102'274
125'899
133'465
134'885
166'082
194'974
207'000
207'191
367'420
0 100'000 200'000 300'000 400'000
Austria
Poland
France
Ukraine
Turkey
Spain
Italy
Germany
Canada
USA (2008)
Hectares
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012, based on national sources
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Organic cereal land worldwide by main crop groups 2010 (total 2.5 million hectares)
Wheat 41%
Barley 12%
Oats 12%
Maize, grain 10%
Rye 6%
Triticale 4%
Rice 4%
Others/no details 11%
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012, based on national sources
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Organic cocoa 2010
› Almost 290'000 hectares of organic cocoa were grown organically in 2010.
› The countries with the largest cocoa area are Dominican Republic, Sierra Leone, Ecuador and Peru.
› Compared with 2010, there was an increase of 25'000 hectares.
› 3.3 percent of the world’s harvested cocoa bean area of 8.4 million hectares are organic. (FAOSTAT, 2009 data).
› The world’s leading coca producers are Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Indonesia. With the exception of Nigeria, data on organic cocoa area were available for all these countries.
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Organic cocoa area: The ten leading countries 2010
4'118
4'449
5'260
9'000
11'979
14'796
28'239
33'695
48'939
115'432
0 40'000 80'000 120'000
Sao Tome and Principe
Ghana
Bolivia
Brazil
Nigeria
Mexico (2008)
Peru
Ecuador
Sierra Leone
Dominican Republic
Hectares
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012 based on national sources
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Organic cocoa: Growth of the organically managed land 2004-2010
48'395 71'876
88'458
146'616 165'058
272'415 287'411
0
50'000
100'000
150'000
200'000
250'000
300'000
350'000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Hect
ares
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012 based on national sources
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Organic coffee 2010
› More than 0.6 million hectares of coffee were grown organically in 2010.
› This constitutes 6.5 percent of the world’s harvested coffee area of 9.8 million hectares (FAOSTAT, data 2009).
› The world’s leading producers are Brazil (2 million hectares), Indonesia (almost 1 million hectares), Mexico (0.8 million hectares), Colombia (0.8 million hectares), and Vietnam (0.5 million hectares), for all of which data on the organic production were available.
› The largest organic coffee areas are in Mexico, Peru and Ethiopia.
› These countries are also reaching high shares of the total harvested coffee area: Peru: 39 percent; Ethiopia: 31 percent; Mexico 23 percent.
› Compared with 2009, the organic coffee area grew by 80'000 hectares.
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Organic coffee area 2010: The ten countries with the largest areas
12'257 15'000 16'313 17'162
24'750 26'104
34'533 124'578
136'424 185'193
0 100'000 200'000
NicaraguaBrazil
Sierra LeoneDominican Republic
Timor-LesteTanzania (2008)
IndonesiaEthiopia
PeruMexico (2008)
Hectares
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012, based on national data
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Organic coffee: Growth of the organically managed land 2004-2010
176'139
311'469 339'464
546'541
463'500
560'368
642'883
0
100'000
200'000
300'000
400'000
500'000
600'000
700'000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Hect
ares
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012, based on national data
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Organic temperate fruit 2010
› . Nearly 125’000 hectares of temperate fruit were recorded, representing 1 percent of the global temperate fruit area (11.9 million hectares in 2009 according to FAOSTAT).
› The most important temperate growers in the world are China, Russia, Iran, India, Turkey and Serbia. Organic data was only available for onle three of this countries: Iran, Turkey and Serbia.
› Since 2004, when sata on land use and crops were collected for the first time (almost 60’000 hectares) the temperate fruit area has doubled.
› The countries with the highest shares on temperate fruit organic area are the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia and Denmark.
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Organic temerpate fruit: Growth of the organically managed land 2004-2010
59'046 54'021
126'198
103'539 101'239 92'875
124'564
0
40'000
80'000
120'000
160'000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Hect
ares
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Organic temperate fruit land worldwide by main crop groups 2010
Apples43%
Apricots7%
Plums6%
Pears6%
Cherries6%
Peaches/ nectarines
5%
Others27%
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Organic temperate fruit: The ten countries with the largest areas 2010
4'000
4'130
4'308
4'455
5'857
6'878
7'133
10'426
17'547
21'990
0 10'000 20'000 30'000
China (2005)
Moldova…
Czech Republic
Argentina
Tunisia
France
USA
Turkey
Poland
Italy
Hectares
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012, based on national sources
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Tropical and Subtropical Fruit 2010
› Almost 200’000 hectares of organic tropical and subtropical area were recorded . This represent a 0.8 percent of the total area of tropical and subtropical fruit ( 23 million hectares according FAOSTAT 2009).
› Of the five most important growers in the world, India, China, Uganda, Brazil and the Philippines, only the Philippines provided data on area under organic tropical and subtropical fruit grow in 2010.
› The largest propotion of organic tropical and subtropical fruit are in French Polynesia (54 percent), Burkina Faso (31.5 percent, mainly mangos), followed by the Dominican Republic (20 percent, mainly bananas).
› Compared with 2009, the organic tropical and subtropical fruit area grew by 15'000 hectares or 8.7 percent.
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Organic tropical and subtropical: Growth of the organically managed land 2004-2010
37'982 55'363 62'690
91'484
132'145
174'806 189'959
0
40'000
80'000
120'000
160'000
200'000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Hect
ares
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Organic tropical and subtropical fruit land worldwide by main crop groups 2010
Bananas45%
Avocados18%
Mangos14%
Figs5%
Papayas2%
Dates2%
Pineapples1%
Others13%
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Organic tropical and subtropical fruit: The ten countries with the largest areas 2010
3'595
4'770
7'875
8'106
8'671
8'864
12'300
22'856
31'285
46'670
0 10'000 20'000 30'000 40'000 50'000
United States
Burkina Faso
Peru
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Brazil
Dominican Republic
Philippines
Mexico
Hectares
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012, based on national sources
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Organic grape area 2010
› More than 200’000 hectares of organic grapes were grown in 2010.
› The main countries in which grapes are grown are the countries of the Mediterranean, with Spain being the largest grower, followed by Italy and France.
› More than three quarters of the organic grape area are in Europe.
› This is approximately 2.9 percent of the world’s total harvested grape area (7.6 million hectares, FAOSTAT 2009 data).
› The highest shears are in Austria (8.6 percent) followed by France and Italy (with more than 6 percent.
› The organic grape area grew by 14 percent in 2010 and by almost 200 percent between 2000 and 2009.
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Organic grapes: Distribution of the organic area by country 2010
Source: FiBL and IFOAM Survey 2012
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Organic grapes: The ten countries with the largest areas 2010
3'8593'8634'0485'0015'200
6'45311'448
50'26852'273
57'231
0 20'000 40'000 60'000
ChileAustria
ArgentinaGreece
GermanyTurkey
USA (2008)France
ItalySpain
Hectares
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012, based on national sources
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Organic grapes: The ten countries/areas with the highest shares 2010
2.6%
2.9%
3.0%
4.0%
4.8%
5.2%
5.2%
6.3%
6.5%
8.6%
0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10%
Switzerland
World
United States of America
Greece
Czech Republic
Germany
Spain
France
Italy
Austria
Source: FiBL and IFOAM Survey 2011, based on national data; shares calculated with FAOSTAT data
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Organic grapes: Growth of the global organic area 2004-2010
87'5
77
101'
159
113'
859
122'
233
150'
463 19
0'14
4
217'
634
0
40'000
80'000
120'000
160'000
200'000
240'000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Hect
ares
Source: FiBL and IFOAM Survey 2012
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Development of the organic grape area 2000-2010 in Spain (including in-conversion areas)
Source: MARA 1999-2012
10'8
04
11'8
41
16'0
38
16'4
53
14'9
28
15'9
91
16'8
32
17'1
89 30
'856
53'9
59
57'3
21
0
10'000
20'000
30'000
40'000
50'000
60'000
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Hect
ares
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Development of the organic grape area 2000-2010 in Italy (including in-conversion areas)
Source: SINAB 2000-2011
31'2
49 44
'175
37'3
79
31'7
09
31'1
70
33'8
85
37'6
93
36'6
84
40'4
80
43'6
14 52
'273
0
10'000
20'000
30'000
40'000
50'000
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Hect
ares
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Development of the organic grape area 2000-2010 in France (including in-conversion areas)
12'3
64
13'4
26
15'0
13
16'2
59
16'4
28
18'1
33
18'8
08
22'5
09
28'1
90 39
'146
50'2
68
0
10'000
20'000
30'000
40'000
50'000
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Hec
tare
s
Source: Agence Bio 2000-2011
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Organic olives 2010
› Almost 500’000 hectares of organic olives were grown in 2010.
› This is approximately 5.4 percent of the world’s total harvested olive
area (9.2 million hectares, FAOSTAT data from 2009).
› The main countries in which olives are grown are the countries of the
Mediterranean, Italy, Spain and Tunisia.
› The highest percentage for organic olives is in Uruguay (18.2
percent), followed by France (15.1 percent) , and Italy (11.8 percent).
› Compared with 2009, the organic olive area grew by 4'000 hectares
or 2.1 percent.
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Organic olives: Growth of the organically managed land 2004-2010
314'809 345'658
380'575 401'544 432'336
491'400 495'480
0
100'000
200'000
300'000
400'000
500'000
600'000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Hect
ares
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Organic olive area 2010: The ten leading countries
1'235 1'800 2'874 3'433
17'209 21'920
56'970 119'348
126'328 140'748
0 50'000 100'000 150'000
ChileMorocco
FranceArgentina
PortugalTurkeyGreeceTunisia
SpainItaly
Hectares
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012 based on national data
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Organic oilseeds 2010
› Almost 500’000 hectares of organic oilseeds were grown in 2010.
› This is approximately 0.2 percent of the world’s total harvested oilseeds area (190 million hectares).
› The main countries in which oilseeds are grown are United States, India, China and Brazil (all with more than 20 million hectares).
› The highest percentage for organic oilseeds are in Belize (peanuts and soybeans), El Salvador (sesame), Peru (soybeans and peanuts) and Austria (soybeans and pumpkin seeds).
› Compared with 2009, the organic oilseeds area grew by 16'000 hectares or 3.5 percent.
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143'951 154'849
237'961 227'618
340'870
452'879 468'021
0
100'000
200'000
300'000
400'000
500'000
600'000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Hec
tare
s
Organic oilseeds: Growth of the organically managed land 2004-2010
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Organic oilseeds area 2010: The ten leading countries
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012 based on national data
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Organic oilseeds land worldwide by main crop groups 2010 (total 0.47 million hectares)
Soy26%
Sunflower seed23%Rape and turnip
17%
Linseed13%
Sesame8%
Others/no details13%
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012, based on national sources
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Organic protein crops 2010
› Almost 300’000 hectares of organic protein crops were
grown in 2010.
› This is approximately 0.5 percent of the world’s total
harvested protein crops area (65 million hectares,
FAOSTAT 2009).
› The main countries in which protein crops are grown are
India, Niger and Brazil.
› Compared with 2009, the organic protein crop area grew
by 38'000 hectares or 16.4 percent.
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Organic protein crops: Growth of the organically managed land 2004-2010
78'860 111'390
161'113 148'464 178'533
231'628
299'575
0
100'000
200'000
300'000
400'000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Hect
ares
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Organic protein crop area 2010: The ten leading countries
10'168 12'425
15'608 23'801 24'244
25'619 27'000 27'700 27'754
39'367
0 10'000 20'000 30'000 40'000 50'000
UkraineAustria
United StatesCanadaFrance
ItalyGermany
BrazilLithuania
Spain
Hectares
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012 based on national data
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Organic vegetables 2010
› More than 270’000 hectares of organic vegetables were grown in 2010.
› This is approximately 0.5 percent of the world’s total harvested vegetables area (58 million hectares, FAOSTAT 2009).
› The most important vegetables growers are China, India, Nigeria and Turkey. Of this three countries, data on organic vegetables was only available for Turkey.
› The highest shares for organic vegetables are in Denmark, Switzerland, Austria and Germany.
› Compared with 2009, the organic vegetables area grew by 17'000 hectares or 6.8 percent.
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Organic vegetables: Growth of the organically managed land 2004-2010
105'735
152'175 181'374
208'226 211'916
254'327 271'650
0
100'000
200'000
300'000
400'000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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5'200 5'549
10'074 11'502 11'590
15'621 27'700
31'000 35'550
63'380
0 65'000
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SpainFrance
GermanyUnited Kingdom
ItalyBrazil
MexicoUnited States
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