1. Key results from the survey on organic
agriculture worldwide 2012
Part 3: Organic agriculture in the regions
2010
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland, in cooperation with the
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM
Supported by: Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs, International Trade Centre, NürnbergMesse
Data as published February 2012 in The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2012
For updates check www.organic-world.net
http://www.organic-world.net/yearbook-2012-presentations.html?&L=0
Version of May 5, 2012

2. The Global Survey on Organic Agriculture:
Supporters
› International Trade Centre, Geneva
› The Swiss State Secretariat of
Economic Affairs SECO, Berne
› Nürnberg Messe, the organizers of the
BioFach Organic Trade Fair
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3. The World of Organic Agriculture 2012
› The 13th edition of ‚‚The World of
Organic Agriculture‘‘, was published
by FiBL and IFOAM in February
2012.*
› Contents:
› Results of the survey on organic
agriculture worldwide;
› Organic agriculture in the regions and
country reports;
› Australia, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bulgaria,
Canada, Ethiopia, Iran, Pacific Islands,
Peru, Thailand, Turkey and United
States.
› Chapters on the global market,
standards & legislations, voluntary
standards , PGS and European market
› Numerous tables and graphs.
› The book can be ordered via IFOAM.org
and shop.FiBL.org.
*Willer, H, and Kilcher, L. (2012) The
World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics
and Emerging Trends 2012. IFOAM,
Bonn, and FiBL, Frick
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4. Asia: Organic agricultural land by country 2010
Source: FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012, based on national sources
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5. Organic Agriculture in Asia – Key Figures 2010
› The total organic agricultural area in was Asia 2.8 million
hectares in 2010.
› This constitutes seven percent of the world’’s organic
agricultural land.
› There were 0.5 million producers reported.
› The leading countries by organic agricultural land are China
(1.4 million hectares) and India (0.8 million hectares).
› Timor-Leste has the most organic agricultural area as a
proportion of total agricultural land (almost seven percent).
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6. Asia: Development of organic agricultural land
2000-2010
www.fibl.org Source: IFOAM, FiBL and SOEL, surveys 2000-2012

7. Asia: Distribution of organic agricultural land by
country 2010 (total 2.8 million hectares)
Rest
17%
Kazakhstan
(2009)
5%
China
50%
India
28%
FiBL-IFOAM survey 2012
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8. Asia: The ten countries with the most organic
agricultural land 2010
FiBL-IFOAM Survey 2012, based on data from governments, the private
www.fibl.org organic sector and certifiers

9. Asia: Distribution of shares of organic land 2010
FiBL Survey 2012, based on data from governments, the private organic
www.fibl.org sector and certifiers

10. Asia: The ten countries/territories with the
highest shares of organic agricultural land 2010
FiBL Survey 2012, based on data from governments, the private organic
www.fibl.org sector and certifiers

11. Asia: Use of organic agricultural land 2010
(total: 2.8 million hectares)
www.fibl.org Source: FiBL survey 2012

12. Articles about Asia in the 2012 Edition of "The
World of Organic Agriculture"
› Organic Asia 2012
Ong Kung Wai
› Organic Agriculture in Azerbaijan
Vugar Babayev
› Organic Food & Farming in Iran
Paul Rye Kledal, Hossein Mahmuodi and Majid Mahdavi
Damghani
› Overview of Thai Organic Agriculture
Vitoon R. Panyakul
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