The new edition of this annual publication (previously published solely by IFOAM and FiBL) documents recent developments in global organic agriculture. It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector from throughout the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics that cover surface area under organic management, numbers of farms and specific information about commodities and land use in organic systems. The book also contains information on the global market of the burgeoning organic sector, the latest developments in organic certification, standards and regulations, and insights into current status and emerging trends for organic agriculture by continent from the world’s foremost experts.
For this edition, all statistical data and regional review chapters have been thoroughly updated. Completely new chapters on organic agriculture in the Pacific, on the International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture and on organic aquaculture have been added.
Published with IFOAM and FiBL
Foreword
The World of Organic Agriculture 2008: Summary
Organic Agriculture Worldwide: Current Statistics
Information Sources: Overview
The Organics Trade Development Programme (OTDP) of the International Trade Centre (ITC)
The Global Market for Organic Food and Drink
Standards and Regulations
East African Organic Products Standard and more
Number of Organic Certifiers Jumps to 468
Accreditation
The ITF - the FAO/IFOAM/UNCTAD International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture
Organic Aquaculture
Organic Farming in Africa
Africa: Organic Farming Statistics
Organic Asia 2007
Country Report: Organic Agriculture in Iran
Asia: Organic Farming Statistics
Europe: Statistics, Policy and Research
Cropping Patterns in the European Union 2006 (EU 27)
The European Market for Organic Food in 2006
Trends in the Organic Retailing Sector in Europe 2007
Europe: Organic Farming Statistics
Organic Farming in the Mediterranean Region: Towards Further Development
Country Report: Organic Food and Farming in Egypt
Organic Farming in Latin America
Latin America: Country Reports
Latin America: Organic Farming Statistics
United States
Canada
North America: Organic Farming Statistics
Organic Farming in Australia
Organic Farming in New Zealand
Organic Agriculture in the Pacific
Oceania/Australia: Organic Farming Statistics
Achievements Made and Challenges Ahead
Annex
Helga Willer is at the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland. Minou Yussefi-Menzler is at the Foundation Ecology and Agriculture (SOEL), Bad Duerkheim, Germany. Neil Sorensen is at the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), Bonn, Germany.