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Organic Agriculture Statistics 2007 – The Main Results of the global organic survey 2007 by FiBL and SOEL

> Helga Willer, FiBL & > Minou Yussefi, SOEL> BioFach Congress 2007, Nuremberg, 16.2.2007

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9th edition of ‚The World of Organic Agriculture‘: Contents> Results of the SOEL FIBL Survey 2007> Continent Reports from experts> Chapter on the global organic market

(Organic Monitor)> Legislation and certification: Current

situation (IFOAM, FiBL)> Organic Wild Collection (ITC, Organic

Services)> In total 38 authors contributed to the book

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The SOEL FiBL Survey 2007

> Data provided by numerous country experts, including representatives from NGOs, certification bodies, governments, researchers

> Data of 31.12.2005

> Data from 123 countries (out of 197)

> New data from 106 countries

> Land use information for almost 90 % of the world‘s organic land, varying levels of data depththough.

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Map Organic Farming Worldwide

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

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Current situation

> Almost 31 million hectares are managedorganically

> 11.8 million hectares are in Australia> Almost 30 % of the agricultural land in

Liechtenstein are organic > The highest increase 2004 to 2005 was in the

United States (+400‘000 hectares)> More than 80‘000 farms are in Mexico

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

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Further data from the the Study ‚The World of Organic Agriculture 2007‘

> Global turnover with organic products: 30 billion Euros 2006 (Organic Monitor)

> More than 60 countries have a regulation / law on organic farming (FiBL/IFOAM)

> More than 60 million hectares of land arecertified as organic wild collection (Organic Services ITC)

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Organic agricultural land: Share of the continents

Africa3%

Oceania39%

North America7%

Latin America19%

Europe23%

Asia9%

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

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Organic farms by continent

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

Africa20%

OceaniaNorth America

2%

Latin America28%

Europe30%

Asia20%

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The top ten countries

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

- 2'000'000 4'000'000 6'000'000 8'000'000 10'000'000 12'000'000

UK

Uruguay

Brazil

Germany

Spain

Italy

USA

China

Argentina

Australia

Hectares

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The countries with the highestincrease of organic land 2004/2005

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

0 50'000 100'000 150'000 200'000 250'000 300'000 350'000 400'000 450'000

Greece

Germany

Portugal

Spain

Latvia

Poland

Canada

Italy

Argentina

USA

Hectares

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The countries with the highest share of organic land

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Czech Rep.

Sweden

Timor East

Portugal

Finland

Estonia

Italy

Switzerland

Austria

Liechtenstein

Share of total agricultural land (%)

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The ten countries with the highestnumber of organic farms

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

0 10'000 20'000 30'000 40'000 50'000 60'000 70'000 80'000 90'000

Germany

Timor East

Austria

Peru

Tanzania

Philippines

Sri Lanka

Uganda

Italy

Mexico

Number of organic farms

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Development of organic farming in the European Union 1985-2005

0

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2'000'000

3'000'000

4'000'000

5'000'000

6'000'000

7'000'000

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

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2004

2005

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40'000

60'000

80'000

100'000

120'000

140'000

160'000

180'000

Farm

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Hectares

Farms

Source: FiBL, SOEL, Univ. of Wales

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Development of organic farming in the US, 1995 - 2005

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200'000

400'000

600'000

800'000

1'000'000

1'200'000

1'400'000

1'600'000

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1995 1997 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Hec

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Source: USDA/ERS 2006

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Arable land14%

Permanent crops5%

Permanent pastures/grassland

64%

Other1%

Other crops5%

No information11%

Land use in organic agriculture world-wide

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

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Organic cereal production*

- 50'000 100'000 150'000 200'000 250'000 300'000

Romania

Hungary

Denmark

Lithuania

Portugal

Finland

UK

Sweden

Austria

France

Canada

Germany

USA

Italy

* Not for all countries covered by the survey land use / crop details were available

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

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Organic rice production*

* Not for all countries covered by the survey land use / crop details were available

0 2'000 4'000 6'000 8'000 10'000 12'000 14'000 16'000 18'000 20'000

Costa Rica

Mexico

Taiwan

Uruguay

Cambodia

Pakistan

USA

Italy

Philippines

Thailand

Hectares

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

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Organic cotton production*

* Not for all countries covered by the survey land use / crop details were available

- 5'000 10'000 15'000 20'000 25'000 30'000

Tunisia

Israel

Spain

Pakistan

El Salvador

Cuba

Peru

Ghana

Indonesia

Dominican Rep.

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Paraguay

Mexico

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

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Organic coffee*

* Not for all countries covered by the survey land use / crop details were available

- 5'000 10'000 15'000 20'000 25'000 30'000

Tunisia

Israel

Spain

Pakistan

El Salvador

Cuba

Peru

Ghana

Indonesia

Dominican Rep.

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Paraguay

Mexico

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

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Organic tropical fruit production*

* Not for all countries covered by the survey land use / crop details were available

- 20'000 40'000 60'000 80'000 100'000 120'000 140'000 160'000

Nepal

China

Cameroon

Honduras

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Bolivia

Dominican Rep.

Brazil

Guatemala

Colombia

Nicaragua

Uganda

Indonesia

Peru

Mexico

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

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Organic olive production*

* Not for all countries covered by the survey land use / crop details were available

- 20'000 40'000 60'000 80'000 100'000 120'000

Israel

Lebanon

Cyprus

Saudi Arabia

Mexico

Syria

Portugal

Greece

Tunisia

Spain

Italy

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

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Organic grape production*

* Not for all countries covered by the survey land use / crop details were available

- 5'000 10'000 15'000 20'000 25'000 30'000 35'000 40'000

Israel

Romania

Switzerland

Hungary

Portugal

Germany

Greece

Syria

Turkey

Moldova

USA

Spain

France

Italy

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

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> Helga Willer & Minou Yussefi (Eds.)The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2007. IFOAM and FiBL; DE-Bonnand CH-Frick

> Download (20.00 €) and order of the printed copy(15.00 €) www.ifoam.org and www.fibl.org/shop/index.php

> Chapter „Global Overview“ (free) www.orgprints.org/9906

> Additional information at www.organic-world.net

Book info

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

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Organic arable crops

Source: SOEL& FiBL Survey 2007

- 200'000 400'000 600'000 800'000 1'000'000 1'200'000 1'400'000 1'600'000

Flowers and ornamental plants

Seed production

Root crops

Medicinal & aromatic plants

Industrial crops

Oilseeds

Vegetables

Protein crops

Set-aside/green manuring

Other arable crops

Field fodder growing

Cereals

Hectares