Www.fibl.org Organic Agriculture Worldwide Key results from ‘The World of Organic Agriculture 2009’, published by FiBL and IFOAM Compiled by: Helga Willer.

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Organic Agriculture WorldwideKey results from ‘The World of Organic Agriculture 2009’, published by FiBL and IFOAM

Compiled by: Helga WillerResearch Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland, October 2009

Data as published in ‘The World of Organic Agriculture 2009’ with some minor revisions and some updates (October 30, 2009)For updates check www.organic-world.net

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About this presentation

This presentation summarizes the results of the global survey on organic agriculture carried out by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM.

The results are published in the yearbook ‘The World of Agriculture’, which contains the tables with the full data sets.

Further, more detailed data as well as more graphs are available at www.organic-world.net

More information and background on geographical and other current aspects of organic agriculture are available in the above-mentioned yearbook (see http://www.organic-world.net/yearbook.html)

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The 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 with the support of

International Trade Centre, Geneva

Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs SECO, Berne

Nürnberg Messe, the organizers of the BioFach Organic Trade Fair

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Yearbook ‘The World of Organic Agriculture’

10th edition of ‘The World of Organic Agriculture’, published by FiBL, IFOAM and ITCWith contributions from more than 40 authorsContents:

Results of the global organic survey;Organic agriculture in the geographical regions, special focus on Latin America;Chapters on the global market, standards and legislation, activities of UN organizations, crops, food security, other issues.

Quote: Willer, H. and Kilcher, L. (Eds.) (2009): The World of Organic Agriculture. Statsitics and Emering Trends 2009. IFOAM, Bonn; FiBL, Frick; ITC, Geneva.

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Website www.organic-world.net

Detailed statistics in Excel format

Graphs & maps

Data revisions

Background/country information

Order form

News, with a focus on statistical developments inorganic agriculture

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Data differences in this presentation compared with the 2009 edition of ‘The World of Organic Agriculture’

Czech Republic: Share of agricultural land corrected

Latvia: Organic agricultural land and share corrected

European Union / Europe: Totals corrected

Saudi Arabia: Data were received after the finalization of the survey; these are included

Note on the use of the term ‘organic’In this presentation, the term ‘organic’ includes both the fully converted as well as the certified in-conversion area, unless otherwise stated.

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Organic agriculture worldwide 2007 – the tenth global organic survey

Source: FiBL & IFOAM Survey 2009

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Data collection systems (land area and producer data)

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

100%

Africa Asia Europe LatinAmerica

NorthAmerica

Oceania

Government collection systems Private collection systems

No collection system


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World: Distribution of organically managed agricultural land by geographical region 2007

37%

24%

20%

9%

7% 3% Oceania

Europe

Latin America

Asia

North America

Africa


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World: The ten countries with the most organic agricultural land 2007

0.87

0.93

0.99

1.03

1.15

1.55

1.64

1.77

2.78

12.02

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

Germany

Uruguay (2006)

Spain

India

Italy

China

USA (2005)

Brazil

Argentina

Australia

Million Hectares

Argentina, US and Uruguay: Only fully converted areas


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World: Distributions of the countries‘ shares of organic land 2007 (142 countries)

2%12%

18%

68%

Countries with morethan 10 % organicland

Countries with 5.0 to9.9 % organic land

Countries with 1 to4.9 % organic land

Countries with lessthan 1 % organicland


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World: The ten countries with the highest shares of organic agricultural land 2007

7.0%

7.4%

7.8%

8.0%

8.5%

8.8%

9.1%

11.0%

13.4%

29.7%

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

Timor Leste

Czech Republic

Samoa

Sweden

Latvia

Estonia

Italy

Switzerland

Austria

Liechtenstein


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Conversion status of organically managed land 2007

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Africa

Asia

Europ

e

Latin

Am

erica

North

Am

erica

Ocean

ia

Wor

ld

Status unknown

In conversion

Fully converted


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World: Development of organic agricultural land 1999-2007 (Revision date: May 2009)

11.0

17.4 19

.9

25.7

29.9

29.2 30

.8 32.2

14.8

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Mil

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n h

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res

Source: FiBL, IFOAM & SOEL 2000-2009

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World: Development of organic agricultural land 2006 to 2007 by geographical region

5.0

2.2

12.4

0.9 2.

9

7.8

6.4

2.2

12.1

3.0

7.4

0.7

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14


NorthAmerica

Oceania

Mil

lio

n h

ecta

res 2006 2007


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World: Organic producers by geographical region 2007

44%

19%

18%

17%

1% 1% Africa

Asia

Latin America

Europe

North America

Oceania


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World: The ten countries with the largest numbers of organic producers 2007

19'997

20'000

23'769

36'093

43'159

90'222

128'819

165'560

195'741

206'803

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

Austria

Zambia

Greece

Peru

Italy

Tanzania

Mexico

Ethiopia

India

Uganda


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World: Use of total land under organic certification (63.3 million hectares) 2007

50.9%48.5%

0.7% Agricultural land

Wild collection

Aquaculture


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World: Use of organic agricultural land 2007 (32.2 million hectares)

15.1%

3.9%

5.8%

62.1%

1.0%

12.2%

Arable land

Permanent crops

Cropland, no details

Permanent grassland

Other

Agricultural land, nodetails


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Agricultural land use by geographical region in organic agriculture 2007

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%


NorthAmerica

Oceania World


Other

Permanent grassland


Permanent crops

Arable land


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Organic permanent grassland by geographical region 2007 (total 20 million hectares)

58.3%

17.4%

16.0%

5.1%3.0% 0.3% Oceania

Latin America

Europe

North America

Asia

Africa


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Organic arable land by geographical region 2007 (total 4.7 million hectares)

71.1%

19.7%

4.6%3.0% 1.6%

Europe

North America

Asia

Latin America

Africa


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Organic arable land worldwide by main crop types 2007 (total 4.7 million hectares)

36.3%

31.6%

6.6%

6.1%

4.1%

15.3% Cereals

Green fodder fromarable land

Fallow land as partof crop rotation

Industrial crops

Vegetables

Rest


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Organic permanent cropland by geographical region 2007 (total 1.9 million hectares)

37.5%

35.6%

20.4%

4.0%2.5% 0.1%

Europe

Latin America

Africa

Asia

North America

Oceania


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Organic permanent cropland by main crop types 2007 (total 1.9 million hectares)

29.2%

21.4%8.1%

7.1%

6.5%

27.8% Coffee

Olives

Cocoa

Temperate nuts

Grapes

Rest


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Organic aquaculture 2007

33

1'317

2'000

6'293

415'000

1 10'000

Thailand

Indonesia

Bangla Desh

Ecuador

China

Hectares


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Organic wild collection & bee-keeping areas: Distribution by geographical region 2007

32.6%

31.3%

26.4%

8.6%1.1%

Europe

Africa

Latin America

Asia

North America


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World: Development of organic agricultural land and wild collection & bee-keeping areas 1999 to 2007

19.9

25.7

29.9

29.2 30

.8 32.2

21.0

19.6 22

.2

26.5

26.8 30

.4

30.7

11.0

17.4

14.8

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Mil

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ecta

res

Agricultural land Wild collection including bee keeping


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Organic wild collection: The ten countries with the largest wild collection areas (including bee-keeping) 2007

0.55

0.60

0.76

1.03

1.28

1.77

2.80

5.37

6.18

7.40

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Morocco

Argentina

China

Bolivia

Serbia

India

Namibia

Zambia

Brazil

Finland

Million hectares


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Developing countries: The ten countries with the largest areas of organically managed land 2007

0.14

0.15

0.25

0.30

0.39

0.93

1.03

1.55

1.77

2.78

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Ethiopia

Tunisia

Ukraine

Uganda

Mexico

Uruguay

India

China

Brazil

Argentina

Million hectares

Source: FiBL & IFOAM 2009

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Developing countries: The countries with the highest shares of organic land 2007

2.2%

2.3%

2.9%

4.3%

4.8%

5.0%

6.1%

6.2%

7.0%

7.8%

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10%

Argentina

Uganda

Mexico

Solomon Islands

Montenegro

Sao Tome and Prince

Vanuatu

Uruguay

Timor Leste

Samoa


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Developing countries: Land use of organically managed land 2007

40.2%

33.2%

11.7%

8.1%6.8% Permanent grassland


Permanent crops


Arable land


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Global organic market: The ten countries with the largest markets for organic food 2007

496

580

739

789

1'126

1'870

1'900

2'557

5'300

13'325

0 5'000 10'000 15'000

Netherlands

Denmark

Austria

Switzerland

Canada

Italy

France

UK

Germany

USA

Turnover in million Euros

Source: FiBL Survey 2009

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Organic cereals: The ten countries with the largest areas 2007

52'810

68'345

76'420

85'593

105'477

116'864

154'152

181'000

228'110

241'430

0 100'000 200'000 300'000

Sweden

Lithuania

Austria

France

Ukraine

Spain

Canada

Germany

USA (2005)

Italy

Hectares


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Organic coffee: The ten countries with the largest areas 2007

7'246

10'875

11'661

16'036

17'721

21'325

23'867

72'174

108'560

239'763

0 100'000 200'000 300'000

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Dominican Rep.

Colombia

Uganda

Timor Leste

Tanzania

Peru

Ethiopia

Mexico

Hectares


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Organic citrus: The ten countries with the largest areas 2007

835

1'574

2'002

2'134

3'165

3'201

3'760

4'107

4'195

22'062

0 10'000 20'000 30'000

Costa Rica

Dominican Rep.

Greece

Turkey

Spain

Mexico

Ghana

USA (2005)

Cuba

Italy

Hectares


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Organic cocoa beans: The ten countries with the largest areas 2007

1'546

2'376

2'573

2'810

4'316

4'850

14'407

16'366

22'308

79'401

0 20'000 40'000 60'000 80'000

Nicaragua

Indonesia

Ghana

Sao Tome and Prince

Tanzania

Panama

Peru

Mexico

Ecuador

Dominican Rep.

Hectares


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Organic olives: The ten countries with the largest areas 2007

744

850

1'560

6'322

18'409

26'372

52'553

89'324

94'251

109'992

0 20'000 40'000 60'000 80'000 100'000 120'000

Cyprus

France

Morocco

Argentina

Portugal

Turkey

Greece

Tunisia (2006)

Spain

Italy

Hectares


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Organic Wheat: The ten countries with the largest areas 2007

20'744

22'059

29'626

30'542

34'364

50'423

61'500

79'278

115'601

143'598

0 30'000 60'000 90'000 120'000 150'000

Greece

UK

Romania

Austria

France

Ukraine

Germany

Canada (2006)

USA (2005)

Italy

Hectares


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Africa: Land under organic management (ha) in the countries of Africa 2007

Source: IFOAM and FiBL 2009

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Africa: Development of organically managed agricultural land 2000-2007

0.32 0.

36 0.40 0.

49

0.68

0.87

0.05 0.

23

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

He

cta

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Africa: The ten countries with the most organic agricultural land 2007

9'456

13'356

14'165

24'449

50'012

56'324

62'180

140'305

154'793

296'203

0 100'000 200'000 300'000 400'000 500'000

Madagascar

Rwanda

Egypt

Ghana

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Ethiopia

Tunisia

Uganda

Hectares


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Africa: Distribution of organically managed land by country 2007 (total: 870,000 ha)

34%

18%16%

7%

6%

6%

13% Uganda

Tunisia

Ethiopia

Tanzania

Sudan

South Africa

Rest


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Africa: The ten countries with the highest shares of organic agricultural land 2007

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

0.3%

0.4%

0.4%

0.7%

1.6%

2.3%

5.0%

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6%

Mauritius

Ghana

Tanzania

Guinea-Bissau

Egypt

Ethiopia

Rwanda

Tunisia

Uganda

Sao Tome and Prince


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Africa: Distribution of the countries‘ shares of organic land 2007 (by country)

1; 3% 2; 6%

29; 91%





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Africa: Use of organic agricultural land 2007 (0.87 million hectares)

8.7%

2.0%

43.9%

5.9%1.4%

38.1%Arable land

Permanent crops


Permanent grassland

Other



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Africa: Use of arable land 2007 (78,000 hectares)

47.0%

16.1%

15.4%

5.9%

5.5%10.1% Industrial crops

Medicinal & aromaticplants

Oilseeds

Cereals

Vegetables

Rest


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Africa: Use of permanent cropland (0.38 million hectares)

39.6%

23.8%

18.3%

5.8%

2.9%

9.6% Coffee

Olives

Other permanentcrops

Tropical andsubtropical fruit

Tea

Others


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Land under organic management (ha) in the countries of Asia 2007


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Asia: Distribution of organically managed agricultural land by country 2007; total: 2.9 million hectares

53%36%

9%2% China

India

Indonesia

Rest

Source: FiBL 2009

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Asia: The ten countries with the most organic agricultural land 2007

17'000

19'123

20'000

21'240

23'790

25'001

28'461

66'184

1'030'311

1'553'000

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

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Saudi Arabia

Azerbaijan

Timor Leste

Pakistan

Syria

Indonesia

India

China

Hectares

Source: FiBL 2009

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Asia: Distribution of the countries‘ shares of organic land 2007

3% 3%

94%




Source: FiBL 2009

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Asia: The ten countries/territories with the highest shares of organic agricultural land 2007

0.2%

0.2%

0.3%

0.5%

0.5%

0.5%

0.6%

0.7%

1.1%

7.0%

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8%

Taiwan

Cambodia

China

Azerbaijan

Lebanon

Korea, Republic of

India

Sri Lanka

Israel

Timor Leste

Source: FiBL 2009

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Asia: Use of organic agricultural land 2007 (2.9 million hectares)

7.7%

26.7%

2.6%

20.8%

42.2%

Arable land

Permanent crops


Permanent grassland



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Asia: Use of organic arable land 2007 (82,000 hectares)

14.5%

76.1%

3.0%6.4%

Industrial crops (cotton)

Cereals

Medicinal & aromaticplants

Others


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Asia: Use of organic permanent cropland (0.67 million hectares)

32.6%

19.2%12.8%

9.3%

4.7%

21.4% Coffee

Coconuts

Tropical andsubtropical nuts

Temperate fruit

Tea

Others


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Land under organic management in the countries of Europe 2007

Source: FiBL & ZMP Survey 2009

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Europe: Distribution of organically managed agricultural land by country 2007 (7.7 million hectares)

15%

13%

7%

45%

9%

11%

Italy

Spain

Germany

UK

France

Rest


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Europe: The ten countries with the most organic agricultural land 2007

249'872

278'397

285'878

312'890

372'026

557'133

660'200

865'336

988'323

1'150'253

0 300'000 600'000 900'000 1'200'000

Ukraine

Greece

Poland

Czech Rep.

Austria

France

UK

Germany

Spain

Italy

Hectares


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Europe: Shares of organic land 2007

7%

27%

32%

34%

Countries with morethan 10 % organicland





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Europe: The ten countries with the highest shares of organic agricultural land 2007

6.4%

6.5%

8.0%

8.0%

8.5%

8.8%

9.1%

11.0%

13.4%

29.7%

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

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

Czech Rep.

Latvia

Estonia

Italy

Switzerland

Austria

Liechtenstein


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Development of the organic agricultural land in Europe 1985-2007

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.8 11.4

1.82.3

3

3.74.3

5.2

5.96.2 6.4

6.97.4

7.7

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

La

nd

are

a i

n m

illi

on

he

cta

res

Source: FiBL, Aberystwyth University, ZMP

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Europe: Use of organic agricultural land 2007 (7.7 million hectares)

43.7%

1.1% 8.9%

40.4%

3.6% 2.4%

Arable land

Permanent crops


Permanent grassland

Other



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Europe: Use of arable land 2007 (3.5 million hectares)

37.9%

37.1%

5.7%

4.7%

14.7% Cereals



Medicinal &aromatic plants

Others


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Europe: Use of permanent cropland 2007 (0.7 million hectares)

43.1%

16.2%

14.3%

11.1%

15.2% Olives

Temperate nuts

Grapes

Temperate fruit

Others


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Europe: Distribution of sales of organic food and drink by country 2007 (total: 16.2 billion Euros)

32.7%

15.8%

11.7%

11.6%

4.9%

23.3% Germany

UK

France

Italy

Switzerland

Rest

Source: Aberystwyth University, FiBL & ZMP 2009

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The European market for organic food and drink: The countries with the highest sales 2007

0.49

0.50

0.58

0.60

0.74

0.79

1.87

2.56

5.30

1.90

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Sweden

Netherlands

Denmark

Spain

Austria

Switzerland

Italy

France

UK

Germany

Sales in billion Euros


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The European market for organic food and drink: The countries with the highest sales 2007 and 2008 (survey date June 2009)

0.49

0.50

0.58

0.60

0.74

0.79

1.87

2.56

5.30

0.537

0.81

0.91

1.97

2.6

2.65

5.8

1.90

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Sweden

Netherlands

Denmark

Spain

Austria

Switzerland

Italy

France

UK

Germany

Sales in billion Euros

2008

2007

Source: Aberystwyth University, FiBL & ZMP Survey 2009

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The European organic market for organic food and drink: The countries with the highest shares of organic food sales 2007

1.0

1.2

1.9

2.0

3.0

3.1

3.3

5.3

6.0

4.6

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Norway

France

Belgium

Netherlands

Sweden

Germany

Luxemburg

Switzerland

Austria

Denmark

Market share in %


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The European market for organic food and drink: The countries with the highest per capita consumption 2007

30

32

42

53

64

86

86

105

106

89

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Netherlands

Italy

UK

Sweden

Germany

Liechtenstein

Luxemburg

Austria

Switzerland

Denmark

Annual per capita consumption in Euros


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Latin America/Caribbean: Land under organic management (ha) 2007


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Latin America/Caribbean: Distribution of organically managed agricultural land by country 2007 (total: 6.4 million hectares)

43%

28%

2% 6%

6%

15%

Argentina

Brazil

Uruguay

Mexico

Peru

Rest


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Latin America/Caribbean: The ten countries with the most organic agricultural land 2007

38'587

41'004

49'196

70'972

123'089

124'714

393'461

930'965

1'765'793

2'777'959

0 1'000'000 2'000'000 3'000'000

Colombia

Bolivia

Ecuador

Nicaragua

Dominican Rep.

Peru

Mexico

Uruguay (2006)

Brazil

Argentina

Hectares

Argentina and Uruguay: Only fully converted area


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Latin America: Shares of organic land 2007

9%

17%

74%





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Latin America: The ten countries with the highest shares of organic agricultural land 2007

0.4%

0.6%

0.7%

0.7%

1.2%

1.3%

2.1%

2.9%

6.2%

6.3%

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7%

El Salvador

Peru

Ecuador

Brazil

Belize

Nicaragua

Argentina

Mexico

Uruguay

Dominican Rep.


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Latin America: Development of organically managed agricultural land 2000-2007

3.9

5.8 6.0

5.2

5.1

5.0

6.4

4.8

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3

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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

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Latin America/Caribbean: Use of organic agricultural land 2007 (6.4 million hectares)

2.3%

2.7%

10.4%

54.3%

0.4%

29.9% Arable land

Permanent crops


Permanent grassland

Other



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Latin America/Caribbean: Use of organic arable land 2007 (0.15 million hectares)

27.4%

23.7%22.7%

13.0%

13.3%Vegetables

Cereals

Sugarcane

Oilseeds

Others


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Latin America/Caribbean: Use of organic permanent cropland 2007 (0.67 million hectares)

55%

21%

11%

2%2% 9%

Coffee

Cocoa

Tropical andsubtropical fruit

Coconuts

Citrus fruit

Others


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North America: Land under organic management (ha) 2007


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North America: Distribution of organically managed agricultural land by country 2007; total: 2.2 million hectares

75%

25%

USA Canada

Source: USDA and Canadian Organic Growers 2000-2009

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2.2

1.3

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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

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For the US 2006 and 2007 data are expected to be published summer 2009

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North America: Use of organic agricultural land 2007 (2.2 million hectares)

43.6%46.0%

2.1%

8.2%

Arable land

Permanent crops

Permanent grassland



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North America: Use of arable land 2007 (0.9 million hectares)

39.9%

26.6%

12.5%

10.0%

5.1% 5.9% Cereals



Protein crops

Industrial crops

Others


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North America: Use of permanent cropland 2007 (0.05 million hectares)

27%

24%20%

9%

20% Temperate nuts

Temperate fruit

Grapes

Citrus fruit

Others


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US: Organic food sales 1997-2008

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4'2

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5'0

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7'3

60

8'6

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10

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10'000

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20'000

25'000

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

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Source: OTA: Organic Industry Survey 2009 and previous surveys; data 2008 according to USDA.

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Oceania: Land under organic management (ha) 2007

Source: FiBL 2009

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Oceania: Shares of organic agricultural land 2007

0.0%

0.2%

0.4%

2.0%

2.7%

4.3%

6.1%

7.8%

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10%

Fiji

Papua New Guinea

New Zealand

Niue

Australia

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu

Samoa


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Oceania: Shares of organic land 2007

25%

37%

38%





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Oceania: Use of organic agricultural land 2007 (12.1 million hectares)

96%

3%1%


Permanent grassland



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