Country information
At this section, regional and country information is provided with a focus on organic farming statistics (mainly links).
It is currently being set up and continually expanded.
Comments or additions should be sent to
Helga Willer of FiBL.
Country information at other websites
Country-related information is available at the following websites
BioFach Newsletter
The two-weekly
Biofach newsletter contains a wealth of information on organic farming world-wide.
Ekoconnect Newsletter
The
Information Letter of Ekoconnect informs regularly about developments in organic farming in Central Eastern European Countries. It is available at the Ekoconnect Homepage.
European Information System for Organic Market and Production Data (EISFOM)
As part of the European Project
European Information System for Organic Markets EISFOM (running 2004 to 2006)
country reports about the data collection systems in all European countries were compiled.
FAO: Organic Agriculture Information
General country information for all countries; country reports on the situation of organic farming many countries. FAO is one of the publishers of the study
World Markets for Organic Fruit and Vegetables - Opportunities for Developing Countries in the Production and Export of Organic Horticultural Products", 2001 available at the FAO Homepage. The study contains numerous country reports (2000).
International Trade Centre ITC: Country repports at the ITC organic farming homepage
The organic food and products country profiles provide a quick overview of the situation of the organic sector in Asian and African countries. These profiles also include information about the country’s geographic location, its agricultural sector and about the key organic products available. Most reports are from 2006.
United States Department of Agriculture: Foreign Agricultural Service
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the United States Department of Agriculture foreign provides reports about the situation of organic farming. These reports can either be searched for via the main
Organic Products Page (for country reports go to "resources") or the
document database at the FAS Homepage (go to "commodity" > "organic products" and select the country).
Mediterranean Organic Agriculture Network MOAN
The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (IAMB),
www.iamb.it, Italian offshoot of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), has a number of activities related to organic agriculture in the Mediterranean countries and provides
country reports at its homepage.
Furthermore the Mediterranean Agricultural Institute IAMB has prepared a report about organic farming in the Mediterranean Countries:
Il biologico nel Bacino del Mediterraneo, IAMB, ISMEA, March 2008 (in Italian).
FiBL: Organic Europe
At the Organic Europe Homepage, maintained by FiBL, reports on the situation of organic farming in European countries as well as an extensive address database are available.
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Organic Eprints
The online archive organic Eprints for research papers on organic agriculture has a section with
country-related information.
Organic-Market.Info
The homepage
www.organic-market.info provides many reports and news about organic farming in the countries of Europe and worldwide.
Fresh Plaza
Organic agriculture related news.
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