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Organic Agriculture Worldwide:The main results of the FiBL – IFOAM Survey 2009

Helga Willer, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, SwitzerlandPresented at BioFach CongressNürnberg, February 20, 2009

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rgThe Global Organic Survey 2009

The global organic survey 2009 as well as the production of the yearbook ‚The World of Organic Agriculture‘ was carried out withthe support of

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 tenth survey on organic agriculture world-wide was carried out by FiBL and IFOAM (IFOAM for Africa).The survey was carried out between July and December2008Most data collected are from 2007, for some countries for2008Data were received from 141 countries (2006: 135 countries)Data were provided by country experts, (representatives from NGOs, certification bodies, governments, researchers)The results are published in the yearbook ‚The World of Organic Agriculture‘ and at www.organic-world.net

Source: FiBL & IFOAM 2009

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Yearbook ‚The World of Organic Agriculture‘

10th edition of ‚The World of Organic Agriculture‘, publishedby IFOAM and FiBLWith contributions from morethan 40 authorsContents:

Results of the global organic surveyOrganic agriculture in the geographical regions, special focus on Latin AmericaChapters on the global market, standards and legislation, crops, foodsecurity, other issues

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Detailed statistics in excel format (in progress)Graphs & MapsData revisionsBackground informationOrder form

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Organic Agriculture 2007: Agricultural land under organic management by geographicalregion


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32.2 million hectares of agricultural land are managedorganicallyIn addition to the certified organic agricultural land (includingin-conversion areas) there are

0.4 million hectares of organic aquaculture areas30.7 million hectares of organic wild collection areas

More than one third of the world‘s organic land is in Oceania, followed by Europe (24%) and Latin America (20%)12 million hectares are in Australia, followed by Argentina (2.8 million hectares) and Brazil (1.8 million hectares)Almost 30 % of the agricultural land in Liechtenstein areorganic, followed by Austria (13.4 %) and Switzerland (11 %)1.2 million organic producers were reported


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Growth of the organic/in-conversion areain 2007

Growth in Latin America, Africa and Europe Compared to 2006: Increase of 1.5 million hectaresThe highest increase during 2007

Latin America (1.4 million hectares, including 0.8 millionhectares of in-conversion land in Brazil which werepreviously not reported)0.3 milion hectares in Europe 0.2 million hectares in Africa

Increase of organic land in more than 80 countries


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Data collection systems (land area and producers)

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

Africa Asia Europe LatinAmerica

NorthAmerica

Oceania

Government collection systems Private collection systemsNo collection system


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Organically managed agricultural land bygeographical region 2007

6'402'874 ha; 20%

2'882'034 ha; 9%

2'197'077 ha 7%

7'763'308 ha; 24%

12'110'750 ha; 37%

870'329 ha; 3%

Oceania

Europe

Latin America

Asia

North America

Africa


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The ten countries with most organic agricultural land 2007

0.870.930.991.031.15

1.551.641.77

2.7812.02

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

GermanyUruguay (2006)

SpainIndiaItaly

ChinaUSA (2005)

BrazilArgentinaAustralia

Million HectaresArgentina, US and Uruguay: Only fully converted areas


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The ten countries with the highest sharesof organic agricultural land

7.0%7.8%8.0%

8.8%8.9%9.1%

9.8%11.0%

13.4%29.7%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

Timor LesteSamoa

SwedenEstonia

Czech Rep.Italy

LatviaSwitzerland

AustriaLiechtenstein


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Conversion status of organicallymanaged land 2006

0%

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100%


NorthAmerica

Oceania World

Fully converted In conversion Status unknown


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Development of organic agricultural land and wild collection areas 1999 to 2007

19.9

25.7 29

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29.2 30

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21.0

19.6 22

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26.8 30

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Development of organic agricultural land 2006 to 2007 by geographical region

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Oceania

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The ten countries with the highestincrease of organic land 2006-2007

+37'877+38'448+39'797+49'436+55'629+57'869+61'932+85'769

+419'583+598'052

0 200'000 400'000 600'000 800'000 1'000'000

Dominican Rep.TanzaniaGermany

UgandaUK

PolandSpain

MexicoArgentina

India

Hectares


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Organic producers by geographicalregion 2007

234'147; 19%

222'599; 18%

213'297; 17%529'986; 44%

12'275; 1% 7222; 1% Africa

Asia

Latin America

Europe

North America

Oceania


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The ten countries with the largestnumbers of organic producers 2007

19'99720'00023'769

36'09343'159

90'222128'819

165'560195'741

206'803

0 50'000 100'000 150'000 200'000 250'000

AustriaZambiaGreece

PeruItaly

TanzaniaMexico

EthiopiaIndia

Uganda


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0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%


NorthAmerica

Oceania World

Agricultural land, nodetailsOther

Permanent grassland

Cropland, no details

Permanent crops

Arable land


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rgCoffee

In total at least 550‘000 hectares of organic coffee are grownThis constitutes 5.3 % of the world‘s harvested coffee areaData are not availablefor some majorproducers like Brazil30 % of Mexico‘s coffeearea is organic

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109

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0 100 200 300

TimorLeste

Tanzania

Peru

Ethiopia

Mexico

Thounsands of hectares


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In total at least 120‘000 hectares of organic grapes are grownThis constitutes 1.6 % of the world‘s harvested grape areaSince 2004 the organic grape area has increased by 40 % 4'554

5'706

9'177

17'189

36'684

0 20'000 40'000

Greece

Turkey

US

Spain

Italy

Hectares


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In total at least 400‘000 hectares of organic olives are grownThis constitutes 5.2 % of the world‘s harvested olive area

26'372

52'553

89'324

94'251

109'992

0 40'000 80'000 120'000

Turkey

Greece

Tunisia

Spain

Italy

Hectares


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In total at least 700‘000 hectares of organic wheatare grownThis constitutes 0.3 % of the world‘s harvested wheatareaIn Austria 10 % of the wheatgrown is organicData on organic land werenot available for some majorwheat producing countries(e.g. India, China, Australia)

50'423

61'500

79'278

115'601

143'598

0 40'000 80'000 120'000

160'000

Ukraine

Germany

Canada

USA

Italy

Hectares


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Distribution of organic wild collection areas by geographical region

32.6%

31.3%

26.4%

8.6% 1.1% Europe

Africa

Latin America

Asia

North America


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The ten countries with the largest wild collection areas (including bee keeping)

0.550.600.76

1.031.28

1.772.80

5.376.18

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

MoroccoArgentina

ChinaBoliviaSerbia

IndiaNamibiaZambia

BrazilFinland

Million hectares


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33

1'317

2'000

6'293

415'000

1 10'000

Thailand

Indonesia

Bangla Desh

Ecuador

China

Hectares


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The organic land area has increased by 1.5 millionhectares or 4 % between 2006 and 2007.Particularly in developing countries the increase of organically managed land as well as of producerswas high.Increases were high for some crops, especiallytropical and subtropical crops.The growth in developing countries shows that organic agriculture can contribute to meaningful socio-economic and ecologically sustainable development, especially in poorer countries.


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rgThe World of Organic Agriculture 2009

Available at the FiBL, IFOAM and ITC webshops at http://www.organic-world.net/order.html25 Euros for the printed copy20 Euros for the PDF version. The password on page 2 givesaccess to graphs and tables at www.organic-world.net

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