REPORT ON WORLD ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 2011
04/03/2011
Author: FiBL/IFOAM
According to the latest FiBL/IFOAM survey on certified organic agriculture worldwide, there are 37.2 million hectares of organic agricultural land.
As of the end of 2009, 9.3 million hectares of agricultural land in Europe were managed organically by more than 250'000 farms. In Europe, 1.9 percent of the agricultural area, and in the European Union 4.7 percent of the agricultural area is organic. Twenty-five percent of the world's organic land is in Europe. Compared to 2008, organic land increased by nearly one million hectares.
INFOAM report on Organic Agriculture