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3 Contacts and Data Sources Bàrbara Baraibar 1 3.1 Contacts This survey on organic agriculture worldwide was undertaken between October 2005 and January 2006. Experts from IFOAM member organizations, including the authors of this book, certification bodies and other institutions, were asked to contribute statistics on the organic area and number of farms (see the following chapter on data and information resources). This year’s edition includes a breakdown of the land use patterns in those countries where such information was available. The experts and sources of information are listed in tables at the end of the continent chapters. Please note that some countries have more than one source of information for different products. For many countries, it is still difficult to find precise and up-to-date figures, and in many countries neither contacts nor figures were available at all. 3.2 Data and Information Resources 3.2.1 International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), the international umbrella organization for organic movements worldwide, has about 700 Members in 108 countries, which are listed in its membership directory (IFOAM 2006). For this study, IFOAM members from all countries , including many certification organizations and other institutions, were asked to contribute data regarding area, land use and number of farms in their countries. The regional groups of IFOAM were also asked for data and contacts in some countries. These contacts can be found at the IFOAM Homepage 2 . This homepage also provides useful information about organic farming worldwide. 1 Bàrbara Baraibar, in charge of conducting the 2005/2006 survey; at FiBL from October 2005 to January 2006, now Barcelona, Spain. Contact via FiBL (info.suisse@fibl.org). 2 Homepage of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM): www.ifoam.org IFOAM Asia Regional Group: www.ifoam.org/about_ifoam/around_world/asia.html IFOAM Africa Organic Service Center: www.ifoam.org/about_ifoam/around_world/africa.html IFOAM Mediterranean Regional Group - AgriBioMediterraneo: www.ifoam.org/about_ifoam/around_world/mediterraneo.html 9
10 The World of Organic Agriculture 2006 3.2.2 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Organic Farming Homepage & Statistics The FAO offers vast information on organic agriculture on its internet site. Some FAO publications related to organic farming were consulted and used either to obtain data or to reach more contacts. These publications can be downloaded from the FAO organic farming homepage3 . In 2005, the FAO set up the Organic Agriculture Information Management System (Organic- AIMS) 4 with country information on organic agriculture. The following aspects are covered: legal and institutional frameworks, institutions and experts. Selected documents are made available. Thus far only a few countries are covered, but in the coming years this information system should provide extensive information on organic farming in most countries of the world. Finally, the FAO statistical database FAOSTAT, which can be found at the FAO internet page 5 , provides useful statistical information about total agricultural areas worldwide. 3.2.3 BioFach: Catalogue and BioFach Newsletter NürnbergMesse, which runs the BioFach 6 fair, the largest organic fair worldwide, annually publishes a catalogue 7 of all exhibitors. Some of these exhibitors were contacted and asked to provide the data for the book. Moreover, the BioFach Newsletters are also a great source of information 8 . NürnbergMesse is also the organizer of BioFach America (Washington), BioFach Japan (Tokyo) and of BioFach América Latina (Sao Paulo, Brazil). 3.2.4 Eurostat Statistics on Organic Farming Eurostat, the statistical Unit of the European Union, provides data about the area of organic agriculture at the commodity level for some European countries from 1997 to 2005. Eurostat also provides several in depth reports about the statistical development of organic farming in Europe. A link to the various Eurostat databases and documents related to organic farming is available via the Organic Europe homepage 9 . 3 FAO organic farming homepage http://www.fao.org/organicag/ 4 Organic Agriculture Information Management System (Organic-AIMS) http://www.fao.org/organicag/frame6-e.htm 5 http://faostat.fao.org/faostat 6 BioFach Homepage: http://www.biofach.de 7 BioFach: exhibitors and products http://www.biofach.de/main/d6rvc9vi/d7blm1ss/page.html 8 BioFach Newsletter & Archive: http://www.biofach.de/main/d6szfm8q/d6t1gupr/page.html 9 Links to Eurostat databases and documents: www.organic-europe.net/europe_eu/statistics.asp#eurostat
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