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1 Supported bythe world oforganic agricultureAFRICA 2 MILLION HASTATISTICS & EMERGING TRENDS 2020 NORTH AMERICA MILLION HAOCEANIA 36 MILLION HALATIN AMERICA 8 MILLION HAASIA MILLION HAEUROPE MILLION HAFiBL & IFOAM ORGANICS INTERNATIONALFrom its Rootsorganic inspires THE DATES21-22 SEPTEMBER22 SEPTEMBER23-25 SEPTEMBER26-27 SEPTEMBERPRE-CONFERENCESOPENING CEREMONY (IN THE EVENING)CONFERENCESTOURS AND VISITS / GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IFOAM - ORGANICS INTERNATIONAL (FOR MEMBERS ONLY)FRANCESEPTEMBER 21st TO 27th 2020 IN RENNES &289(17 '(6 -$&2%,16 CONFERENCE CENTRE 90 minutes from Paris #OWC2020 CONGR S MONDIAL BIO 2020 IFOAM organic world CONGRESS | Institute of organic Agriculture FiBL IFOAM ORGANICS INTERNATIONAL The world of organic Agriculture Statistics and Emerging Trends 2020 Edited by Helga Willer, Bernhard Schlatter, Jan Tr vn ek, Laura Kemper and Julia Lernoud For the PDF version, corrigenda, supplementary material see All of the statements and results contained in this book have been compiled by the authors and are to the best of their knowledge correct and have been checked by the Research Institute of organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM ORGANICS INTERNATIONAL .))

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4 8726 Language editing: Laura Kemper, FiBL, Frick, Switzerland Cover: Simone Bissig, FiBL, Frick, Switzerland Layout: Jan Tr vn ek, Bernhard Schlatter, Helga Willer, FiBL, Frick, Switzerland Maps: Jan Tr vn ek, FiBL, Frick, Switzerland Graphs (if not otherwise stated): Jan Tr vn ek, Bernhard Schlatter and Helga Willer, FiBL, Frick, Switzerland Infographics: Kurt Riedi, FiBL, Frick, Switzerland Cover picture: organic tea garden in China. Picture: Jinghong Yu. The president of organic Tea Farmers Association of Xitou Township, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province China Printed by Medienhaus Plump, Rolandsecker Weg 33, 53619 Rheinbreitbach, Germany Price: 30 Euros, IFOAM ORGANICS INTERNATIONAL affiliates: 20 Euros Printed copies of this volume may be ordered directly from IFOAM ORGANICS INTERNATIONAL and FiBL (see addresses above) or via the FiBL shop at ISBN Printed version 978-3-03736-158-0 ISBN PDF version 978-3-03736-159-7 Table of Contents FiBL & IFOAM ORGANICS INTERNATIONAL (2020): The world of organic Agriculture.

5 Frick and Bonn3 Table of Contents Glossary 10 Foreword from SECO and ITC 11 Foreword from FiBL and IFOAM ORGANICS INTERNATIONAL 12 Foreword from the Editors 13 Acknowledgements 14 organic Agriculture: Key Indicators and Top Countries 19 The world of organic Agriculture 2020: Summary 20 Helga Willer, Bernhard Schlatter, Jan Tr vn ek, Laura Kemper, and Julia Lernoud organic AGRICULTURE WORLDWIDE: CURRENT STATISTICS 31 Current Statistics on organic Agriculture Worldwide: Area, Operators and Market 32 Bernhard Schlatter, Jan Tr vn ek, Julia Lernoud and Helga Willer General notes on the data 35 organic land 37 organic producers and other operator types 58 Retail sales and INTERNATIONAL trade data 65 organic farming in developing countries and emerging markets 70 Land use and key commodities in organic agriculture 72 organic Cotton 132 Lisa Barsley, Liesl Truscott, Evonne Tan, Amish Gosai, and Alice Dos Santos GLOBAL MARKET organic IMPORTS 137 The Global Market for organic Food & Drink 138 Amarjit Sahota organic imports in the European Union 2018 A first analysis 142 Elena Panichi STANDARDS AND LEGISLATION, POLICY SUPPORT 149 Public Standards and Regulations 150 Emanuele Busacca,, Fl via Moura e Castro.

6 Joelle Katto-Andrighetto and Beate Huber Internal Control Systems in organic Agriculture 159 Florentine Meinshausen, Toralf Richter, Beate Huber, Johan Blockeel Participatory Guarantee Systems in 2019 164 Joelle Katto-Andrighetto, Cornelia Kirchner, Fl via Moura e Castro, and Federica Varini Demeter INTERNATIONAL Current Statistics 173 Christoph Simpfend rfer and Sarah Fischer The Mainstreaming of organic Agriculture in the Himalaya Region 178 Federica Varini AFRICA 185 Latest Developments in organic Agriculture in Africa 186 Jordan Gama and David Amudavi Africa: Current Statistics 193 Table of Contents 4 FiBL & IFOAM ORGANICS INTERNATIONAL (2020): The world of organic Agriculture. Frick and Bonn ASIA 201 Developments in the organic Sector in Asia in 2019 202 Shaikh Tanveer Hossain and Jennifer Chang Asia: Current statistics 209 EUROPE 217 organic in Europe: Recent Developments 218 Helga Willer, Bram Moeskops, Emanuele Busacca, L na Brisset, and Maria Gernert Europe and the European Union: Key indicators 2018 226 organic farming and Market Development in Europe and the European Union 227 Helga Willer, Bernhard Schlatter and Diana Schaack LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 265 Latin America 266 Patricia Flores Latin America and the Caribbean: Current statistics 270 NORTH AMERICA 277 US organic Sales Break Through 50 Billion Dollar Mark 278 Barbara Fitch Haumann Canada 283 Tia Loftsgard North America.

7 Current statistics 286 OCEANIA 291 Australia Findings from the Australian organic Market Report 2019 292 Harriet Kendrick The Pacific Islands 297 Karen Mapusua Oceania: Current statistics 300 ACHIEVEMENTS AND OUTLOOK 305 Worldwide organic Outlook 306 Louise Luttikholt ANNEX 309 Key Indicators by Country and Region 310 Data Providers and Data Sources 315 Table of Contents FiBL & IFOAM ORGANICS INTERNATIONAL (2020): The world of organic Agriculture. Frick and Bonn5 Tables Table 1: Countries and territories covered by the global survey on organic agriculture 2018 .. 33 Table 2: world : organic agricultural land (including in-conversion areas) and regions shares of the global organic agricultural land 2018 .. 37 Table 3: world : organic agricultural land (including in-conversion areas) by country 2018 (sorted) .. 39 Table 4: world : organic agricultural land (including in-conversion areas) and organic share of total agricultural land by region 2018.

8 41 Table 5: world : organic shares of total agricultural land by country 2018 (sorted) .. 43 Table 6: world : organic agricultural land (including in-conversion areas) by region: growth 2017-2018 and 10 years growth .. 45 Table 7: world : Development of organic agricultural land by country 2017-2018 .. 47 Table 8: world : organic areas: Agricultural land (including conversion areas) and further organic areas by region in 2018 .. 53 Table 9: world : organic areas: Agricultural land (including conversion areas) and further organic areas by country 2018 .. 53 Table 10: world : Development of the numbers of producers by region 2017 to 2018 .. 58 Table 11: world : organic producers and other operator types by country 2018 .. 60 Table 12: Global market data: Retail sales and per capita consumption by region 2018 .. 66 Table 13: Global market data: Retail sales, organic share of all retail sales, per capita consumption, and exports by country 2018 .. 68 Table 14: Countries on the DAC list: Development of organic agricultural land 2013-2018.

9 71 Table 15: world : Land use in organic agriculture by region (including in-conversion areas) 2018 .. 75 Table 16: world : Land use and crop categories in organic agriculture worldwide 2018 .. 75 Table 17: Use of organic arable land (including in-conversion areas), 2017 and 2018 compared .. 77 Table 18: Use of organic permanent cropland (including in-conversion areas), 2017 and 2018 compared .. 79 Table 19: Wild collection and beekeeping areas by region 2017 and 2018 compared .. 81 Table 20: Wild collection and beekeeping areas by crop group 2018 .. 81 Table 21: Wild collection and beekeeping areas by country 2018 .. 83 Table 22: Number of organic beehives by country 2018 .. 88 Table 23: organic aquaculture: Production volume by species 2018 .. 89 Table 24: organic aquaculture: Production volume by country 2018 .. 91 Table 25: world : Selected key crop groups and crops area in organic agriculture 2018 (overview including conversion areas) .. 92 Table 26: Cereals: organic area by country 2018.

10 95 Table 27: Citrus fruit: organic area by country 2018 .. 99 Table 28: Cocoa beans: organic area by country 2018 .. 102 Table 29: Coffee: organic area by country 2018 .. 105 Table 30: Dry pulses: organic area by country 108 Table 31: Temperate fruit: organic area by country 2018 .. 112 Table 32: Tropical and subtropical fruit: organic area by country 2018 .. 116 Table 33: Grapes: organic area by country 2018 .. 120 Table 34: Oilseeds: organic area by country 2018 .. 123 Table 35: Olives: organic area by country 2018 .. 127 Table 36: Vegetables: organic area by country 2018 .. 130 Table 37: organic cotton farmers, area and production 2017/2018 .. 136 Table 38: Volume of the organic agri-food imports into the EU per country .. 146 Table 39: Volume of the organic agri-food imports into the EU per product category 2018 .. 148 Table 40: Regulations on organic agriculture: Number of countries by region (2019) .. 152 Table 41: Regulations on organic agriculture: Current status by country.