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1 Foreword We herewith present the 8th edition of the study “The World of Organic Agriculture” documenting current statistics, recent developments and trends in global organic farming. Statistical information and all chapters were updated for this edition. The Foundation Ecology & Agriculture (SOEL), the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), and NürnbergMesse have been collaborating on this project for several years now, and since 2000 the latest global organic figures have been presented at the annual BioFach Fair in Nuremburg, of which IFOAM is the patron. A major new addition to this volume is the inclusion of land use statistics, including information on major crops are made available. Feedback by readers asking for more in-depth statistical information was the primary incentive for this addition. We see the information contained in this publication – still very incomplete - only as a first step towards better organic farming statistics, and any feedback and access to further information sources will be very much appreciated. In the long run we hope to be able to make available more reliable global statistics, more information on crops as well as land use / crop information at a country level. We are very thankful to the authors for contributing in depth information on their continent, their country or their field of expertise. We are also very grateful to numerous individuals from all over the world, who helped us with valuable statistical information. Particular thanks are due to Bàrbara Baraibar, who carried out the statistical survey in a deeply committed way, and without whom we would not have been able to make the land use statistics available. Thanks are also due to Hellmut von Koerber of fleXinfo, who programmed the database which was used for storing the survey data. We are also very grateful to Neil Sorensen for the technical editing, for proofreading and for coordinating the production of this book and to the editors Helga Willer and Minou Yussefi for compiling the information. Many thanks are due to Heike Slotta from Nürnberg Messe, the organizer of BioFach, who financially supported this as well as earlier editions of this study. Bad Duerkheim, Frick, Bonn, February 2006 Angela B. Caudle IFOAM Executive Director Bonn, Germany Urs Niggli Director FiBL Frick, Switzerland Uli Zerger Director SOEL Bad Duerkheim, Germany 7
2 Editors’ Note This edition of “The World of Organic Agriculture” presents the most recent data on the number of organic farms and the land under organic management per country. Based on country specific information, the organic area per continent and for the whole world has been calculated. Additionally, an attempt was made to compile land use statistics at a global level for the first time. Even though this type of information was available for only half of the world’s organically managed land, we decided to publish some of the data in hopes of providing an incentive for actors in the organic sector to provide more data in the future, so that we will, over the course of time, be able to present more complete data on increasingly numerous crops and land use patterns by country. This year’s survey has shown that a lot more information than we would have thought is available, and we are very grateful to all who provided data and information for this global overview of organic farming. Like every year, we encountered some problems in compiling even basic data, as in some cases the information was either not available at all, the information resources were contradictory or because the information had to be compiled from several sources. We were not always able to reach the people that had provided the previous data and had to find new contacts - who in some cases provided figures that did not match those of the previous edition. We would therefore be very grateful if the organic sector became more active in helping us to establish a worldwide network to collect these data. Reliable and permanent contacts in each country would facilitate our work a lot, and we will appreciate very much your feedback on this. Helga Willer FiBL, Frick, Switzerland 8 Minou Yussefi SOEL, Bad Duerkheim, Germany
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