{"id":7975,"date":"2016-02-15T15:11:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T15:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bioecoactual.com\/2016\/02\/15\/43-7-million-hectares-of-organic-land-worldwide\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T15:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:42:16","slug":"43-7-million-hectares-of-organic-land-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bioecoactual.com\/en\/2016\/02\/15\/43-7-million-hectares-of-organic-land-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"43.7 million hectares of organic land worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global organic growth continues! The latest global data on organic farming presented by the\u00a0<em>Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>IFOAM \u2013 Organics International<\/em>\u00a0at the\u00a0<em>BioFach<\/em>\u00a0fair 2016 in Nuremberg show that there are 43.7 million hectares of organic agricultural land worldwide. The statistics yearbook \u201c<em>The World of Organic Agriculture<\/em>\u201d has been launched on Wednesday, February 10, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>43.7 million hectares of organic farmland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A total of 43.7 million hectares were organically managed at the end of 2014, representing a\u00a0<strong>growth of almost 0.5 million hectares<\/strong>\u00a0on the previous survey (2013 data). Australia is the country with the largest organic agricultural area (17.2 million hectares, with 97% of that area used for grazing), followed by Argentina (3.1 million hectares) and the United States of America (2.2 million hectares).<\/p>\n<p>40% of the global organic agricultural land is in Oceania (17.3 million hectares), followed by Europe (27%; 11.6 million hectares) and Latin America (15%; 6.8 million hectares). The countries with the largest share of organic agricultural land of their total farmland are the Falkland Islands (36.3%), Liechtenstein (30.9%) and Austria (19.4%). In eleven countries more than 10% of all agricultural land is organic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More than two million producers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More farmers cultivate organically, more land is certified organic, and 172 countries report organic farming activities (up from 170) as shown in the 2016 edition of the study \u201c<em>The World of Organic Agriculture<\/em>\u201d (data per end of 2014), published by\u00a0<em>FiBL<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>IFOAM \u2013 Organics International<\/em>. Reaching a new all-time high,\u00a0<strong>2.3 million organic producers<\/strong>\u00a0were reported in 2014. As in previous years, the countries with the most producers were India (650\u2019000), Uganda (190\u2019552) and Mexico (169\u2019703).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The positive trend seen in the past years continues<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The market research company\u00a0<em>Organic Monitor<\/em>\u00a0estimates the global market for organic food\u00a0<strong>in 2014 to have reached 80 billion US Dollars<\/strong>\u00a0(more than 60 billion Euros). Consumer demand for organic products continues increasing, reflected in the significant market growth of 11% in the US, the world\u2019s largest organic market. The United States is the leading market with 27.1 billion Euros, followed by Germany (7.9 billion Euros), France (4.8 billion Euros), and China (3.7 billion Euros). In 2014, the Swedish organic market experienced an unprecedented growth, increasing by more than 40 percent \u2013 a remarkable rate for an already well-established market. The highest per capita spending was in Switzerland (221 Euros) and Luxembourg (164 Euros). And the positive development of the markets is going on in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 17th edition of \u201aThe World of Organic Agriculture, published by\u00a0<em>FiB<\/em>L and\u00a0<em>IFOAM \u2013 Organics International,\u00a0*Willer, H, Lernoud, J, (eds.) (2016) The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2016. FiBL, Frick, and, IFOAM \u2013 Organics International, Bonn<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Contents:<br \/>\nResults of the survey on organic agriculture worldwide;<br \/>\nOrganic agriculture in the regions and country reports; Australia, Canada, the Pacific Islands,\u00a0 United States of America.<br \/>\nChapters on the global market, standards &amp; legislations, voluntary standards , PGS, European market, data collection in Thailand and Australia<br \/>\nNumerous tables and graphs.<br \/>\nNew addittions: \u2028Better Data: highlights examples of how organic market data are collected and associated challenges\u2028 Commomdity case studies: a section\u00a0 for the analysis of selected commodities<\/p>\n<p>The book can be ordered\u00a0via\u00a0<em><strong>IFOAM.bio<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em><strong>shop.FiBL.org<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong>Organic-Market.Info<strong><br \/>\nAuthor:<\/strong> Karin Heinze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global organic growth continues! The latest global data on organic farming presented by the&nbsp;Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)&nbsp;and&nbsp;IFOAM &ndash; Organics International&nbsp;at the&nbsp;BioFach&nbsp;fair 2016 in Nuremberg show that there are 43.7 million hectares of organic agricultural land worldwide. The statistics yearbook &ldquo;The World of Organic Agriculture&rdquo; has been launched on Wednesday, February 10, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8353,5210],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-global-organic-markets","category-latest-organic-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>43.7 million hectares of organic land worldwide - Bio Eco Actual<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bioecoactual.com\/en\/2016\/02\/15\/43-7-million-hectares-of-organic-land-worldwide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"43.7 million hectares of organic land worldwide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Global organic growth continues! 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