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16.10 Statistics<br />

16.10.1 Statistical information<br />

country date <strong>organic</strong><br />

hectares<br />

172<br />

The World <strong>of</strong> <strong>Organic</strong> Agriculture 2006<br />

Table 36: Latin America: Land under <strong>organic</strong> management and <strong>organic</strong> farms<br />

share <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>organic</strong><br />

area <strong>of</strong> total<br />

agricultural land<br />

<strong>organic</strong> farms<br />

Argentina 2005 2‘800’000 1.58% 1‘824<br />

Belize 2000 1‘810 1.19%<br />

Bolivia 2002 364‘100 0.99% 6‘500<br />

Brazil 2005 887‘637 0.34% 14‘003<br />

Chile 2005 639‘200 4.19% 1‘000<br />

Colombia 2003 33‘000 0.07% 4‘500<br />

Costa Rica 2004 13‘945 0.49% 3‘987<br />

Cuba 2005 10‘445 0.16% 5‘222<br />

Dominican Rep. 2004 72‘425 1.96% 819<br />

Ecuador 2005 27‘436 0.34% 2‘427<br />

El Salvador 2005 9‘100 0.53% 37<br />

Guatemala 2003 14‘746 0.33% 2‘830<br />

Guyana 2003 109 0.01% 28<br />

Honduras 2003 1‘823 - 3‘000<br />

Jamaica 2002 1‘332 0.26% 12<br />

Mexico 2005 295‘046 0.27% 120‘000<br />

Nicaragua 2004 59‘000 0.83% -<br />

Panama 2005 5‘244 0.24% 7<br />

Paraguay 2002 91’414 0.37 % 2‘827<br />

Peru 2004 260‘000 0.83% 23’400<br />

Trinidad & Tobago 1999 80 0.06%<br />

Uruguay 2004 759‘000 5.10% 500<br />

Venezuela 2004 16‘000 0.07% 4<br />

Total 6‘’362‘891 0.8 % 192‘927

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