Organic farming by country

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As of 2007 organic farmland is distributed across the globe, but the markets for sale are strongest in North American and Europe, which as of 2001 are estimated to have $6 and $8 billion respectively of the $20 billion market (Lotter 2003:6). This means that there is substantial trade occurring.

Contents 1 Organic farming by continent 1.1 Africa 1.2 Asia 1.3 Europe 1.4 North America 1.5 South America 2 References

[edit] Organic farming by continent

[edit] Africa

Africa has a mere 3 percent of total organic farmland (IFOAM 2007).

[edit] Asia

Asia has 9.5 percent of total organic farmland (IFOAM 2007).

[edit] Europe

Europe has 23 percent of total organic farmland (6.9 million hectares).

[edit] North America

North America has 7.2 percent of total organic cropland.

[edit] South America

Latin America has 19 percent (5.8 million hectares) of total organic farmland.

[edit] References

• Lotter, D. (2003) Organic Agriculture. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 21(4)
• Willer, Helga and Yussefi, Minou, Eds. (2007) The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging Trends 2007. International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), DE-Bonn and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, FiBL, CH-Frick.