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In 2024, the statistical yearbook on global organic farming, "The World of Organic Agriculture,"…

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The global organic market develops dynamically and in different ways around the world.

We take a…

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On February 13, 2024, from 5 to 6 PM, the "The European market for organic food" session will take…

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On February 13, 2024, 3:45-4.45 PM, the 25th edition of the yearbook "The World of Organic…

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Increasing by almost 4 percent, the European organic market reached another high in 2021: 54.5…

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The 24th edition of "The World of Organic Agriculture" will be launched on Febraury 14, 2023, 5 to 6…

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At this session, the latest data on organic agriculture worldwide (area, producers, retail sales),…

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At this session, the latest data on the European organic market for selected countries will be…

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At this session, the latest data on the European organic market for selected countries (France,…

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The global organic market develops dynamically and different in different parts of the world. We…

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At this session, we will present organic market trends and data on organic agriculture worldwide…

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At this session, we will present the latest data on the European organic market for selected…

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The European organic market reached a record high in 2020. It increased by 15 percent and reached…

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The latest data on organic farming worldwide will be presented by the Research Institute of Organic…

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On the 15th of February, 12 pm CET, the latest statistical data on organic farming in Europe and …

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The table of Contents of "The World of Organic Agriculture 2022" is now online. The PDF will be…

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On the 15th, 12 pm CET, of February the yearbook with the latest statistical data on organic…

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The presentation from the session on the World of Organic Agriculture and the European Market are…

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(Frick, 17 February 2021) According to the latest FiBL survey on organic agriculture worldwide,…

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Journlists wishing to get accreditation for the BIOFACH eSPECIAL should register on the BIOFACH…

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The latest data and trends for four European markets (Germany, France, Italy and UK) as well as for…

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We will explore the market information from the IFOAM – FiBL statistics book "The World of Organic…

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On the 17th of February 2021, the latest data on organic agriculture and organic markets world-wide…

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We are  about to start our 22nd survey on organic agriculture worldwide. We hope that all data…

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The infographics from "The World of Organic Agriculture 2020" are now also available in Ukrainian…

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At Biofach 2020, several Statistics sesssions took place. The presentations are now online.

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The organic market in Europe continues to grow. In 2018, it increased by almost 8 percent and…

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The latest data on organic farming worldwide will be presented by the Research Institute of Organic…

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On the 12th of February 2020, the latest data on the European organic market will be presented at…

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On the 12th of February 2020, the latest data on organic agriculture and organic markets world-wide…

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On February 13, 2020 the session "Global Organic Market Overview" will be held, reflecting about…

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At this event, the initiative to harmonise organic consumer data collection at the international…

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The next Organic World Congress will take place from 23 - 25 September 2020. The call for papers is…

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Our three slide presentations on gobal, regional and crop data now ready and can be downloaded from…

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At the BIOFACH Congress session *"The World of Organic Agriculture", the latest data on organic…

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On Statistics.FiBL.org, the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL provides access to the…

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At the 2019 Biofach Fair, the latest (2018) data and trends for four selected European markets were…

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The organic market in Europe continues to grow. In 2017, it increased by almost 11 percent and…

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The latest global data on organic farming worldwide will be presented by the Research Institute of…

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The session on potential to unify the measurement of organic consumption behaviour across countries…

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The session on global organic market will take place from 10 am to 10.30 am, on February 14, 2019 at…

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The session on latest data and trends in Europe will take place from 5 pm to 6 pm, on February 13,…

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The session on global organic farming and market trends will take place from 4 pm to 4.45 pm, on…

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The website www.organicexport.info informs about the import regulations of important and emerging…

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On Statistics.FiBL.org, the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL provides access to the…

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The session on the European organic market took place on on February 14, 2018 at BIOFACH,…

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The session on global organic farming and market trends took place on February 14, 2018 at BIOFACH,…

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The organic market in Europe continues to grow. In 2016, it increased by 11.4 % and nearly reached…

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The latest global data on organic farming worldwide will be presented by the Research Institute of…

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The session on the European organic market will take place place from 5 to 5.45 on February 14,…

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The session on global organic farming and market trends will take place place from 4 pm to 4.45 pm,…

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Navigating through the ever-changing import rules is now easier thanks to a new website:…

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On November 16, 2017, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, announced the release…

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On 20 November 2017 member states of the European Union (EU) represented in the Special Committee on…

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The latest Australian Organic Market Report reveals the nation’s organic industry could be…

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We are looking for data on organic lentins, millet and peas from Kazakhstan and Ukraine. Do you have…

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The FiBL slides with the data on organic agriculture worldwide 2015 based on "The World of Organic…

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I am writing to you as I am seeking for data on organic farming, in particular concerning the…

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A new slide presentation with latest area data on organic viticulture worldwide and selected…

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The latest figures for the Swiss organic market (from 2016), recently presented by Bio Suisse…

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Data can found here: orgprints.org/31416/ and in our yearbook on page 118.

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At the Biofach trade fair in February 2017, new market data for Austria were published. Furthermore…

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An interactive map on organic in Europe was created by IFOAM EU (www.ifoam-eu.org) using data…

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I have a question I hope you could help me with. In the chapter The Global Market for Organic Food…

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FiBL at BIOFACH 2017 - Media kit now online

At the BIOFACH Congress, where a wide range of topics will be discussed, researchers of FiBL will…

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The latest global data on organic farming worldwide will be presented by the Research Institute of…

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Another strong presence of the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) at BIOFACH 2017 in…

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With more than 11 million hectares of certified area or area under conversion in 2015, organic…

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New European Union (EU) rules introducing a system of electronic certification for imported organic…

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The keynote speech at the Organic Science Conference in Canada was held by Urs Niggli, director of…

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Latin America is on its way to becoming an important supplier of organic products. 

ASt the eighth…

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I am a PhD Researcher currently examining organic regulations. I wanted some clarification on…

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Yes, such data are available from Bio Suisse, which presents the latest market data annually. …

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Over the last decade, the development of Organic Action Plans has gained momentum as a mechanism for…

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The 1st TIPI Science Day & Technology Innovation Forum in China was held successfully in Shanghai,…

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The booming U.S. organic industry posted new records in 2015, with total organic product sales…

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Do you know if there is data available on the areas of different grain legumes grown organically in…

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We are preparing a presentation on EU milk markets that would include any available data on organic…

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The detailed programme of the TIPI Science Day in China is now available.

Speakers include (in…

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I am writing my master thesis about the potential for natural herbal solutions instead of using…

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The latest figures for the Swiss organic market (from 2015), recently presented by Bio Suisse…

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I am a student looking for updated data on organic viticulture worldwide. Do you have an update of…

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Demand for organic food in Europe saw another record year of growth in 2014; however, organic…

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I looked at the infographic (see below) about organic production in the UK with interest but was…

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We have put together production volumes for 2013, for a new report on sustainable fishery that is…

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The New Zealand organic sector has grown by more than 11% per annum since 2012, according to the …

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TIPI, the Technology Innovation Platform of IFOAM – Organics International, aims to foster…

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On February 12, 2016, the fourth Science Day took place at BIOFACH, the World Organic Trade Fair, in…

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Preliminary numbers suggest that the number of farms in 2015 is approximately the same as in the…

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New section on Organic-World.net: Questions & Answers (Q&A)
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Survey results from 14 sustainability standards across nine commodity areas show new statistics and…

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FiBL has prepared three presentations summarizing the key results of the FiBL-IFOAM survey on…

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The 2016 Organic Market Report was launched on 23 February showing that the UK organic market…

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A team of experts led by Newcastle University, UK, has shown that both organic milk and meat contain…

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Organic agriculture is practiced in 172 countries, and 43.7 million hectares of agricultural land…

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In 2014, the European organic market grew by approximately 7.6 percent to a value of more than 26…

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The latest global data on organic farming will be presented by the Research Institute of Organic…

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The session on global organic farming and market trends took place place on February 10, 2016, in at…

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The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) presented the first results of its survey on…

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In August 2015, we started our 17th survey on organic agriculture worldwide.

The new questionnaire

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Organic farming and organic consumption is increasing in France. Between January-July 2015, the…

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The interactive data tables on key indicators and on crops worldwide are  now online. Data on…

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Acording to the latest data released by statistics Denmark, the organic market is now at 830 Million…

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With its new specialized Twitter account @FiBLStatistics, the Research Institute of Organic…

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The Soil Association’s 2015 Organic Market Report reveals sales of organic products increased by 4%…

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The key data on organic agriculture in Europe are now available at orgprints.org/28706.

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A number of statistical updates on the U.S. organic sector related have recently been released or…

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The organic company Organic and Beyond has also translated the 2014 edition of "The World of Organic…

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The European project "Data network for better European organic market information"…

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Germany is not only the largest market for organic products in Europe but also one of its largest…

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There are 3 presentations summarizing the key results of the FiBL-IFOAM survey on organic…

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On February 12, 2015, partners of the OrganicDataNetweork prsented the latest data on organic…

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The presentations at the session "The World of Organic Agriculture" are now online and can be…

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The latest global data on organic farming will be presented by IFOAM – Organics International and…

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In 2013, the European organic market grew by approximately six percent to a value of more than 24…

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The session on global organic farming and market trends will take place place from 2 pm to 2.45 pm,…

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The Sustainable Society Index (SSI) shows at a glance the level of sustainability of 151 countries.…

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The Vision and Strategy for Organic Farming Research of TIPI, the Technology Innovation Platform of…

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A workshop of the Technology Innovation Platform of the International Federation of Organic…

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The second European Workshop on “finding practical solutions to current organic market data…

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In 2013, 6.4 % of the German agricultural land was organically farmed, marking a 2 % increase over…

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In the largest study of its kind, an international team of experts led by Newcastle University, UK,…

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A new country report about organic farming in Lithuania is available at the Organic-Europe.net …

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The Soil Association’s annual Organic Market Report reveals that the organic sector has seen growth…

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Since 2009/2010, the import volumes to Germany have increased for many arable crops and dairy …

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After a breather in 2012, the Danish organic food market has grown again in 2013. Consumers spent 6%…

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Recently the 2013 edition of yearbook "Organic farming in Estonia" was published by the Estonian…

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The 4th Latin American Congress on agroecology took place September 10 to 12, 2013 at the University…

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The Argentinian competent authority SENASA has recently the latest data (per December 31, 2013) on…

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On  March 12, 2014, the European Union responded to the request made by Chile to be included in the…

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The latest figures for the Swiss organic market (from 2013), recently presented by Bio Suisse (www.b…

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A recent report from Organic-Market info about the latest edition of the FiBL-IFOAM survey on…

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The UK Government can learn lessons from other European countries in how it stalls the declining…

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In 2013, the French organic market continued to grow. The French organic market has doubled in 5…

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On 25 March, the European Commission published a legislative proposal for a new organic food and…

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The dynamic datatable with three key indicators on organic agriculture worldwide is now online for…

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On February 2014, TIPI, the Technology Innovation Platform of the International Federation of…

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On February 14, 2014, the BIOFACH Science Day took place for the second time. Science Day was a…

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This publication provides an overview of developments and future prospects from the perspective of…

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On February 2014, on Science Day at BIOFACH, TIPI, the Technology Innovation Platform of the…

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Organic 3.0 – the future of organic – is on the agenda at BIOFACH 2014. 1.9 million certified…

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In 2012 the European organic market grew by approximately six percent to a value of almost EUR 23…

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At BIOFACH 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany, a number of sessions with information on organic farming…

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Science Day will be held for the second time at BioFach, the World Organic Trade Fair in Nuremberg,…

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Recently the OrganicDataNetwork project issued its statement on data collection and made a number of…

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The 3rd issue of the OrganicDataNetwork newsletter contains some important news about progress made…

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Report on the status of organic farming in Europe 2011, prepared by the Directorate General of…

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In 2012, German organic farmers increased their sales revenues by 12 percent (to 1.53 billion…

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Media release of Oktober 18, 2013 of the OrganicDataNetwork project

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According to Statistics Sweden (SBC), organic products accounted for about 4 percent of all sales of…

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Recently the UNCTAD Trade and Environment Review 2013 was launched. At a press conference in the…

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The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, in collaboration with the and the International…

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After several years of decline since 2008 due to the recession, the organic market in the UK is…

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In 2012, in Denmark the organic market has remained stable compared with 2011; it is now at 885…

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Data on the organic and operators are provided by the Italian Information system for organic farming…

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"Sharing achievements made and lessons learned" was the theme of the conference, which was held in…

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The New Zealand Organic Market Report 2012 is the latest in a series of reports quantifying and…

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A number of reports from the OrganicDataNetwork Project are now available online at the Organic…

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Members of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) met in the Republic…

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The international conference on organic agriculture in the Mediterranean will be held from the 2nd…

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The second issue of the Newsletter of the OrganicDatatNetwork project is now online.

 

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A new edition of "Organic agriculture Serbia at a glance" has been published. It contains a wealth …

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The new FAO publication "Organic Agriculture: African Experiences in Resilience and Sustainability"…

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According to a recent report of the Global Agriculture Information Network of the United States…

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Growth driven by broad-scale support of organic foods

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The 2013 Organic market report highlights key areas of growth in online retail, independent outlets…

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Media release of April 30, 2013, of the OrganicDataNetwork project

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On April 10 the Swiss organic umbrella organisation Bio Suisse presented the latest data on organic…

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Eurostat maintains a database with data on organic agriculture in the countries of the European…

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The presentations at the session on the European Market for Organic Food, which was organised by the…

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On February 13, 2013, the session "The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging…

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Andre Leu, President of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), gave…

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Sales now top US$ 60 billion for the first time

 

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The Young Organics BioFach Camp takes place on Thursday, 14th February from 12:00 to 17:00 in Room…

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The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the review of the European policy on…

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Canadian and Swiss organic producers will have increased opportunities to export their organic food…

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The 14th edition of "The World of Organic Agriculture" will be launched at BioFach 2013 at…

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Canada’s organic market continues to grow and broaden at the consumer level, and the organic area is…

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The programme of Science Day is now available.

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The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and the International Federation of Organic…

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The Sustainability Camp is taking place November 23-26, 2012, at the Head Office of the…

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The contract for the Country of the Year at BioFach 2013 was ceremoniously signed in the Romanian…

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The Italian organic market has been growing for nine consecutive years.

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The new Australian Organic Market Report confirms that sales of organic products are now at at…

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The first Newsletter of the OrganicDataNetwork project is now available at the project website. The…

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The publication of a new meta-analysis by researchers at Stanford University (Smith-Spangler et al.…

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France can be pleased with the steady growth of its organic agriculture. It occupies the fourth…

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This first organic sector study for Saudi Arabia offers an overview of a young but steadily growing…

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From 24 to 26 September 2012 the Organic Days were held in Larnaca on Cyprus. One of the conference…

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The Finish Food Safety Authority Evira has recently published the latest figures on organic…

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The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture has recently released the latest data on organic agriculture in…

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Over 180 participants from more than 40 countries gathered to discuss the current state of organic…

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Two independent organizations will maintain separate missions dedicated to advancing organic

 

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Tomas Nørfelt Fibiger of the Danish Agricultural Advisory Service DLBR has recently updated his…

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The German Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Proptecteion BMELV has recently updated its…

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According to a recent report on the oneco website, a major increase of the organic area and market…

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For the first time the update on production in Argentina is available also in English.

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In the first six months of 2012 the organic area in France surpassed the one million hectare mark.…

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The latest national statistics for the United Kingdom, produced by the Department for Environment,…

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On June 1st, 2012, leaders of the organic movements in Asia agreed on the formation of a regional…

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Recently the Swiss organic umbrella organisation Bio Suisse released the latest data on the Swiss…

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Blog by Urs Niggli, director of the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in Switzerland.…

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Twenty years on from the original Earth Summit, the International Federation of Organic Agriculture…

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The Second African Organic Conference (AOC2) ”Mainstreaming organic agriculture in the African…

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New study on support of organic farming in the European Union published

 

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Global sales of organic products continue to defy the economic downturn, growing in 2010 and with…

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Albania’s organic sector is still nascent, but is developing most dynamically. The Research…

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All slide presentations on organic agriculture worldwide 2010 are now ready.

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The OrganicDataNetwork project, which was recently launched, has now started a survey about data…

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Organic Trade Association’s 2012 Organic Industry Survey shows continued growth

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Press release of the European project OrganicDataNetwork

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Report about the first meeting of the European OrganicDataNetwork project

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For the fourth time, the brochure "Organic Farming in Estonia" has been published. It informs about…

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Northeast Organic Farmers Association of New York (NOFA-NY) and the US Department of Agriculture’s…

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According to provisional data for 2011, compiled by the German Federation of the Organic Food…

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The date of the 2nd African Organic Conference (AOC2) ”Mainstreaming organic agriculture in the…

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Peruvian economist F. Javier Martinez reports that organic agriculture continued to grow in exports…

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The dyanamic data table with the basic data on organic agriculture worldwide: Organic agricultural…

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The National Association Serbia Organica has published, together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für…

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A new country report about organic farming in Portugal is now available from Catarina Crisostomo.

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At the BioFach Congress, Amarjit Sahota of Organic Monitor presented the current situation of the…

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In Bulgaria, considerable growth occurred in organic farming between 2009–2010. The certified land…

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Germany is not only the largest market for organic products in Europe but also one of its largest…

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Based on data from twelve organic inspection bodies in Germany, the Agricultural Market Information…

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The European Union and the United States announced on February 15, 2012, that beginning June 1,…

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FiBL and IFOAM are presenting the latest data on organic agriculture worldwide at BioFach in…

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At the BioFachCongress 2012 one session will with recent developments in organic agriculture in the…

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The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) has recently released the first…

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The United States' Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced on October 25, 2011, 23…

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On September 21 and 22, 2011, the first Central American Organic Congress and Fair (Primer Congreso…

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The 17th Organic World Congress (OWC) of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture…

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Swiss institute presents a training manual for Africa

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In the Framework of the German Federal Scheme for Organic Farming and other Forms of Sustainable…

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The Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) of the Government of Pakistan has…

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Young organic and fair trade activists from all over the world have founded Young Organics e.V., a…

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One and a half million hectares are under organic agricultural management in Spain. The minister has…

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The Canadian Organic Trade Association (COTA, www.ota.com/otacanada.html) calculates the Canadian…

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The Global Agricultural Trade System of the Foreign Agricultural Services (FAS) of USDA now includes…

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According to a recent press release of the German Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer…

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The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and the International Federation of Organic…

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In a recent press release the Organic Trade Assocation Canada informs about latest developments…

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The President of Ukraine vetoed the law on Ukrainian Organic Production that had been passed by the…

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In the Czech Republic, in 2010 the organic agricultural land incresaed to almost 450'000 hectares.…

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The full proposals of the first call of the CORE Organic II project (www.coreorganic2.org) have been…

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According to a press release, published at the occassion of the 3104th Council meeting of the…

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The Estonian Organic Farming Foundation has recently published a brochure on organic farming in…

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The European Commission has annouced that the European Union and Canada have reached agreement on an…

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To operate successfully in importing organic products to Switzerland and the European Union, it is…

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According to Organic Market Info 170-page study entitled "Japanese Organic Market 2010-2011" has…

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FiBL has now published a revised version of its background information on E. coli.

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In May 2011, the Belize Organic Alliance (BOA) completed the first organic certification process for…

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There has been much speculation about the pathogenic EHEC bacterial strain that has claimed the…

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In November 2010, Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooepration Agency (www.sida.se) appro…

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On the occasion of the extraordinary meeting of the Agriculture Council the IFOAM EU Group (www.ifoa…

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At a press conference on May 19, 2011, Agence Bio, the Frnch Agency for organic agriculture,…

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Interest in pushing for the development of ecological based farming in Africa led some key…

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Slides on the results from the FiBL and IFOAM survey as published in The World of Organic…

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UNCTAD and UNEP have released two excellent advocacy tools for encouraging the uptake of organic and…

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The Organic Standard (TOS, www.organicstandard.com) has published The Organic Certification…

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The Organic Exchange organization, which has operated as an information platform for organic…

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Chinese imports of organic foods were about US$ 20 million in 2009, a limited amount compared with…

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The Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) has—as one of the last in Eastern Europe—approved a new…

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The Netherlands-based Agro Eco-Louis Bolk Institute has been contracted to set up a new organic…

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According to a recent press release of OTA, the Organic Trade Organisation, the organic market…

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According to the latest Soil Association Organic Market Report, Sales of organic products fell 5.9…

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On March 30, 2011, the Swiss organic umbrella organisation Bio Suisse (www.biosuisse.ch) released…

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The magazine Ecology & Farming, published by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture…

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Recently the European Group of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements has…

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Detailed data tables of the data published in "The World of Organic Agriculture 2011" are now…

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The successful 5th Producer Conference of the Organic Research Centre Elm Farm was held on the 17th…

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With its Implementation Action Plan, the Technology Platform for Organic Food and Farming Research,…

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At the BioFach session "The European Market for Organic Food" experts presented the latest trends in…

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In 2010, the organic agricultural land increased by 12 percent in the Czech Republic. More than ten…

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The fourth yearbook on organic agriculture in the Czech Republic has now been published by the the…

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According to the latest survey on organic agriculture worldwide (data 2009), the total grape area is…

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At the BioFach Congress 2011 the latest figures on organic agriculture world-wide, on the global…

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Organic agriculture is practised in 160 countries and 37.2 million hectares of agricultural land are…

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ACTMedia News Agency, Feburary 20, 2012

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Thirty-seven million hectares of agricultural land worldwide are farmed organically. The countries…

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In preparation for the IFOAM General Assembly (GA) to be held from October 3-5, 2011 in Namyangju…

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Recently the second edition of Organic Monitors 'European Market for Organic Food and Drink' was…

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The Executive Council of the African Union (AU), at its Eighteenth Ordinary Session in January 2011,…

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In three languages, the new activity report is a fascinating look at the most important projects…

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A new report of the Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) of the United States Department…

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Nineteen participants from the public and private sectors in 15 Asian countries/regions, as well as…

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FiBL recently received the latest data about organic agriculture in Peru. These data were provided…

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The First International Conference on Organic Food Quality and Health Research takes place May…

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Organic Monitor has recently released the 3rd edition of the Global Organic Food & Drink market…

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with partners, is…

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According to a recent government study the organic market in Spain is growing. Export plays a major…

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On November 8, 2010 the National Organic Program (NOP, www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/nop) made available…

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The Department of Agriculture of the Philippines said it will allocate an initial 900 million…

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Ilse A. Rasmussen is new coordinator of Organic Eprints at ICROFS, the International Centre for…

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ZIMVEST, a collection of news excerpts from the web related to Zimbabwe, reports about recent…

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Organic policy is in the process of being developed in South Africa. The national movement, led by…

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The First International Conference on Organic Beekeeping took place from August 27-29, 2010, in…

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Organic Food is being purchased by a growing number of Irish shoppers every year, according to new…

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During September of this year of international biodiversity, the 3rd International Conference on the…

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The International expert workshop on 'Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - methods, models, and databases…

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Canada’s organic sector receives 6.5 million Canadian Dollars for research in announcement of…

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On September 21, 2010 the Network for Practical Research in Organic Farming (VÖP) was founded by…

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For small and marginal farmers, a Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) may be introduced in all…

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The Kenya Organic Agriculture Network (KOAN) recently launched its 2010-2014 Strategic Plan during a…

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The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and the International Federation of Organic…

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The latest National Statistics produced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs…

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In 2012, Zambia will host the second African Organic Conference. The conference will be organized by…

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This new publication represents a unique collection of European and Asian perspectives on the…

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From August 22 to 27, 2010, the 28th Congress of the International Society of Horticultural Sciences…

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On July 12, 2010, the Technology Platform TP Organics held its Stakeholder Forum in Brussels,…

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An updated report on the current status of organic farming in Germany has recently been published at…

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The new figures about the Italian organic industry released by SINAB (Italian National Information…

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In November 2010 BioFach América Latina and ExpoSustentat will again take place in Brazil.…

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On July 19, 2010, the European Commission opened a two-day conference to debate the new Common…

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GOMA, the Global Market Access project, is a joint initiative of the Food and Agriculture…

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Japan has been added to the EU list of third countries whose organic regulatory programs are deemed…

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Recently Agence Bio released the latest (2009) figures on organic agriculture in the country. There…

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In the most recent edition of the Avalon Ekoconnect newsletter on organic farming in Central and…

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In preparation for the 3rd ISOFAR (International Society of Organic Agriculture Research) Scientific…

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In preparation for the first Asian IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements)…

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The Technical Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission for Organic Agriculture (ICOA) and the…

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The German Ministry of Agriculture recently released the latest (2009) figures on organic…

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The transnational partnership CORE Organic published a pre-announcement July 5, 2010, of a common…

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In June 2010, the Directorate-General for Agriculture And Rural Development of the European…

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The Organic.Edunet web portal was publicly launched in May 2010. It aims to serve as an online…

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The Interamerican Commission on Organic Agriculture CIAO, consisting of the competent authorities in…

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On June 16, 2010, the European Commission withdrew its proposal for regulating organic wine making…

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Government and private sector participants from 12 countries in East, South-East and South Asia,…

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A new book under the title of "Entering the Organic Export Market" has recently been released. This…

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According to Biologica's Bio monitor 2009, the organic area went up to 51'911 hectares in 2009, an…

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Certified organic food and beverage products contributed 485 million NZ dollars* to the New Zealand…

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The Czech Technology Platform for Organic Agriculture CTPOA was founded with the aim of uniting and…

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The Namibian Organic Association (www.NOA.org.na) is finally putting Namibia on the international…

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Minister Ciarán Cuffe from the Irish Government will be opening the Sustainable Foods Summit to take…

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The 5th Latin American and Caribbean Meeting of producers and researchers in organic agriculture and…

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Recently the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture MARM released the 2009 data for organic agriculture in…

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On March 31, 2010, Commission Regulation No 271/2010 regarding the organic logo was published in the…

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The Technology Platform TP Organics will present its Strategic Research Agenda at the European…

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Organic product companies are increasingly turning to sustainability in order to shore up their…

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The potential to create a booming organic agriculture sector across Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and…

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In 2009 the turnover with organic food in Austria reached 984 million Euros. The domestic market…

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The European Commission has recently published an updated list of public authorities and approved…

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Organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in association with the…

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U.S. sales of organic products continued to grow during 2009 despite the distressed state of the…

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The Soil Association has recently published its organic market report for the UK. It predicts a…

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According to Business Mirror, president Arroyo of the Philippines has signed the Organic…

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At the conference International Conference on Organic Farming ICOF which was held in April 2010 in…

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According to GulfNews.com, the demand for organic produce is growing but the UAE has to increase…

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The Taipe Times reports, that choosing organic foods has become more than just a fad in recent…

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On March 30, consolidated data on organic land, land use and crops as well as the number of…

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On March 31, 2010, the new EU organic logo, introduced by Commission Regulation (EU) No 271/2010 was…

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A collection of Power Point presentations has been prepared by FiBL in order to illustrate the key…

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Recently, the Swiss organic umbrella organisation Bio Suisse presented the 2009 data on organic…

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Recently a broshure was published about organic farming in Estonia. It informs extensively about the…

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The Spanish Society for Organic Farming SEAE will organise its 9th Scientific Congress on organic…

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In his presentation on 'The Global Market for Organic Food & Drink' at BioFach 2010, Amarjit Sahota…

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According to a new report released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union,…

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Recently the homepage of GOMA, the Global Market Access project, was launched. GOMA is a joint…

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Organic cotton weathered the global economic storm during the 2008/09 farming season, albeit with…

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Tutto Bio 2010, the yearbook of organic farming is available now. Published by Egaf Edizioni, this…

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Some 43'500 trade visitors (2009: 46'777) streamed into the exhibition centre in Nürnberg from 17–20…

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FiBL and IFOAM present new facts and figures about organic agriculture world-wide at the BioFach…

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On February 8, 2010, the European Commission officially announced the winner of the EU organic logo…

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In Italy, a technology platform for organic was founded on January 19, 2010 in Rome, at the premises…

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The congress parallel to BioFach and Vivaness from February 17–20, 2010, offers a comprehensive…

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A Desk for Organic Agriculture has been established in the Ministry of Agriculture. This is reported…

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According to the latest FiBL/IFOAM survey at least 150'000 hectares of organic grapes are grown…

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At the BioFach Congress 2010, the latest figures on organic agriculture world-wide will be…

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The German Federation of the Organic Food Industry BOELW has recently published the latest market…

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At the regional collaboration meeting held on November 19, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea, a data…

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The first edition of 'Organic Agriculture' will be published in spring 2010 by Springer. It is the…

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According to Urs Niggli, Director of the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and member…

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Local inspection services for organic certification are now available in Uzbekistan. In cooperation…

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The European Commission has published the call for applications regarding the expert group for…

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Climate change directly influences food production and food security. To address these new…

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At the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the farmers' organisations are calling for…

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Copenhagen Climate Summit: FiBL calls for worldwide promotion of organic farming

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According to the homepage of the Copenhagen Summit, sustainability is one of the main focal points…

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Over 3400 students from all 27 EU Member States participated in the EU organic logo competition. Out…

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Agriculture must use fewer inputs and consider climate and biodiversity say experts on the 2nd…

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According to new research from the Soil Association at least 3.2 million tonnes of carbon would be…

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The first newsletter of the LowInputBreeds is now available at the LowInputBreeds website.

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A Power Point presentation with graphs and explanatory notes on the current status of organic…

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According to AMA-Marketing, presently 3 percent of the apples are grown organically in Austria,…

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The European Commission will soon publish a call for applications with a view to appointing members…

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The new FAO Glossary on Organic Agriculture contains 401 concepts with synonyms, variants,…

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In a recent press release BioFach informs about current market trends. FiBL provided some of the…

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IFOAM EU Group organises its second Organic Congress to bring this time to the attention the…

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The International Coffee Organisation has compiled the latest export data on organic coffee and…

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The Technology Platform TP Organics has reached major achievements in the first half year 2009 on…

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More than 300 participants made their way to El Salvador to the Fourth meeting of the organic sector…

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A large-scale project which aims to improve animal health and product quality in European organic…

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In its 2008 Annual Report, the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM…

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The Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture has recently…

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The IFOAM database on Participatory Guarantee Systems for Organic Agriculture (PGS) intends to help…

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The Autonomous University of Chapingo is organising several seminars for government officials and…

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The proposed Organic Research Centres Alliance ORCA intends to internationally network and…

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The symposium ’Soil Fertility and Crop Nutrition Management in Mediterranean Organic Agriculture’…

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The government of Pakistan has planned to initiate 'National Programme for the Promotion of Organic…

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In August 2009, the conference "Forstering healthy food systems through organic agriculture - Focus…

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During the 1st African Organic Conference held in Kampala, Uganda, a one day workshop was held on…

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Although the organic sector in Ukraine had been exclusively export oriented, since the beginning of…

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About 200 participants from 22 countries (the majority in Eastern Europe) came to the second…

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The Kenya organic domestic market is growing fast. A recent study of the Kenya Organic Agriculture…

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According to the latest data, in Italy more than one million hectares are under organic management…

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Trevor Sargent, the Irish Minister for Food and Horticulture at the Department of Agriculture,…

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A recent report informs about the organic production and export potential in the the Republic of…

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Total sales in the organic sector in 2008 are stated as 5.85 billion Euros compared with the…

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At the fourth meeting of the organic sector of Latin America and the Caribbean (October 12-16, 2009)…

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Business people, experts and newcomers to the organic market from Romania, but also Poland, Ukraine,…

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Organic production has grown rapidly in Estonia, one of the reasons being the financial support…

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On August 6, 2009, the detailed rules on organic aquaculture animal and seaweed production were…

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The next Ecofruit conference takes place in Hohenheim near Stuttgart in Germany. Conference…

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(DAFF) Trevor Sargent, Minister for Food and Horticulture at the Department of Agriculture,…

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The Symposium will be held at the Lisboa Congress Centre as part of the 28th International…

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The Worldwatch Institute has prepared an extensive overview article about organic farming…

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Organic farming has emerged as a sustainable alternative to enhance food security in Zimbabwe as…

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According to recent press release of Green Marketing, Czechs bought most of their organic food in…

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The market for organic food in Finland experienced slow growth for several years but in 2007 it grew…

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The third yearbook of organic farming in the Czech Republic was recently published by the Czech…

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The final report of the ORWINE project is focussing on recommendations for elaborating rules for…

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The North American organic coffee market topped 1.3 billion US Dollars in 2008, making it the single…

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The fourth Organic Meeting and Organic Producers' Fair of Latin America and the Caribbean will be…

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Recently the third edition of the Indian Directory of Organic Stakeholders was published. It lists…

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Chances and challenges for organic farming in times of climate change, biodiversity loss and global…

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On July 15, 2009, the research Technology Platform ‘TP Organics’ held its annual Stakeholder Forum…

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The 9th European Summer Academy on Organic Farming - Biocademy 2009 - was held on June 24 to 25,…

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The next survey on organic farming worldwide will start mid 2009. As in the previous years, it will…

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In Austria the number of farms and the organic land increased also in 2008. With 13.8 percent of…

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The first Sustainable Foods Summit drew to a successful close at the end of June in Amsterdam, with…

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A completely updated report on the current situation of organic farming in Germany is now available…

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After more than one and a half years of discussion, the Standing Committee on Organic Farming…

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Recently the Global Organic Cotton Community Platform was created for active members of the global…

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On 29 June 2009 the Executive Board of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research…

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On June 24, 2009, the Government of Canada revealed the new organic logo that will give organic…

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The European action plan for organic food and farming recommends, in action 11, establishing an…

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The first African Organic Conference “Fast tracking sustainable development in Africa through…

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The unit in charge of organic agriculture at Costa Rica's Ministry of Agriculture AROA has recently…

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More than 200 participants participated at the African Organic Conference in May 2009, which focused…

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Findings from the 2009 U.S. Families’ Organic Attitudes and Beliefs Study, show that three in ten…

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The economic slowdown is impacting global organic food sales. After reporting high growth rates for…

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Sales of organic food in France jumped 25 percent last year and more than 60 percent in three years…

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Since the late 1990s, U.S. organic production has more than doubled, but the consumer market has…

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At a recent meeting, the Ministers for Agriculture of the European Union agreed on a common…

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On May 11, 2009, Queen Rania of Jordan launched the National Programme for Organic Farming…

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At the 21st meeting of the FAO Committee on Agriculture, held April 22-25, 2009 in Rome, a…

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The European Union Group of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM, the…

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Uganda earned over 22 million US Dollars in 2008 from organic products exports. The country has over…

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Over three thousand participants have chosen a Brazilian organic logo. Three designs were presented…

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From May 19- 22, 2009, the African Organic Conference, titled 'Fast tracking sustainable development…

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From April 8-12, 2009, the National Federation for Organic Agriculture of Senegal FENAB organized,…

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On May 5, 2009, US Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced 50 million US Dollars…

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Sales of organic products in the USA, both food and non-food, reached 24.6 billion US Dollars by…

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For Spain a major growth of organic land is reported for 2008. According to the Spanish Ministry of…

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The European Union (EU) is looking for a new logo for organic products. Young artists or designers…

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The recently published study 'Organic Aquaculture 2009 – Production and Markets' looks back at the…

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In Argentina the organic agricultural land increased by 36 percent in 2008, and it is now more than…

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Recently in Hungary a Technology Platform for organic farming was founded. The inaugural meeting…

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Biologica, the organic sector organisation in The Netherlands, recently presented the figures for…

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In Denmark the organically managed land went up by 10 percent during 2008. Currently more than…

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Italy's organic market continues to grow. In 2008, the Italians spent 5.4 percent more on organic…

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In order to strengthen the African organic network and ensure its sustainability, IFOAM is…

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The recently published leaflet 'EU environment related indicators 2009' presents 10…

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The BioFach Newsletter reports in its latest edition, that an organic cotton project was started in…

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The turnover with organic food in the Czech Republic grew by 40 percent in 2008 and reached 1.8…

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Global retail sales of organic cotton apparel and home textile products reached an estimated $3.2…

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The 2009 market report for the UK has now been released by the Soil Association, showing that UK…

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The Integrated Project 'Improving quality and safety and reduction of costs in the European organic…

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In Austria, the turnover with organic food increased by more than six percent in 2008, according to…

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The first BioFach India now takes place together with IOTF, the India Organic Trade Fair, in the…

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On March 24, 2009, the Swiss organic umbrella organisation Bio Suisse presented the latest figures…

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For the second time at Biofach all the 35 African stands were grouped together under “Organic…

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After a three-month worldwide search and review of dozens of qualified applicants, the International…

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India is bestowed with lot of potential to produce all varieties of organic products due to its…

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African agricultural productivity, under threat following years of declining investment, policy…

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According to the BioFach Newsletter of March 6, 2009, of the 1.1 million hectares of agricultural…

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The German Central Market and Price Reporting Bureau (ZMP) has compiled a number of graphs on…

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At BioFach 2009 several sessions related to organic agriculture and the organic market in Europe and…

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The tables as presented in 'The World of Organic Agriculture 2009' and additional data are now…

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According to a new USDA GAIN Report released February 2009, the organic market in China has been…

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According to the German Federation of the Organic Food Industry BOELW, the organic area increased to…

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Organic agriculture is developing rapidly, and statistical information is now available from 141…

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On February 19, 2009, the IFOAM EU Group launched its dossier on the new organic regulation. The…

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The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and the International Federation of Organic…

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The 10th edition of 'The World of Organic Agriculture' documents recent developments in global…

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The report "Best Practices for Organic Policy. What developing country Governments can do to promote…

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The Second Round Table of the Eastern European countries ‘Organic Agriculture and Legal Framework’…

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In May 2007, the Danish Ministry of Food asked the Intermational Centre for Research in Organic Food…

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Recently the Italian Network for Research in Organic Farming was founded as a platform for…

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On December 2, 2008, the Technology Platform TP Organics was launched. TP Organics is a platform for…

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An international team of organic market specialists profiles the booming organic markets in 27…

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A survey conducted by Newspoll has revealed that 61 percennt Australian grocery buyers buy some…

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The partners of the European project ORGAP (Development of criteria and procedures for the…

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The International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalency in Organic Agriculture ITF concluded…

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In August 2008 a report on organic agriculture in italy was published by the Global Agriculture…

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On September 1, 2008, the Israeli law for the regulation of organic produce came into force. The law…

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On September 1, 2008, the European research project CERTCOST - Economic analysis of certification…

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Organic agriculture can be good for food security in Africa, says a study launched in Geneva on…

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The implementing rules for the new regulation on organic production were published in the Official…

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The European Commission launched the European Union's new Organic Farming Campaign on July 26, 2008,…

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The Organic.Edunet questionnaire on educational needs in the area of organic farming and…

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The European research project Evaluation of the European Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming…

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From 18 to 20 June 2008 the second conference of the International Society of Agriculture Research…

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At the occasion of the 16th Organic World Congress of the International Federation of Organic…

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From June 16 to 20, 2008, the 16th IFOAM Organic World Congress, including pre-conferences, took…

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ICROFS, the International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems was established by the Danish…

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Scientists from EU’s largest organic research project, QLIF, are ready to present their results on…

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www.bioaktuell.ch, the recently launched platform with technical information for Swiss organic…

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On April 30, 2008, an organic action plan was launched in Ireland. Speaking at the launch Minister…

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The organically managed area continues to grow in Austria but the current demand for organic…

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From April 10 to 12, 2008, 228 participants from 25 countries came together for the ‘International…

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The 2007 yearbook on organic farming in the Czech Republic has now been published by the Ministry of…

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