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The World of Organic Agriculture 2015: Corrigenda

Page 78

The headline of Table 20 should read: Wild collection and beekeeping areas by country 2013

Page 190

In the Table 50 the Arable land crops for the EFTA countries is missing a "0".

The correct Arable land crops for the EFTA countries is 0.064 million hectares.

For a revised version of Table 50, see below.

Page 91

The cocoa area for Belize is

  • Organic cocoa area: 802.10 hectares
    • Fully converted area: 787.30 hectares
    • Area under conversion: 14.8 hectares

The global organic cocoa area is therefore

  • Total organic cocoa area: 226'515.3 hectares
    • Fully converted area: 156'348.7 hectares
    • Area under conversion: 16'522.7 hectares

Page 64 and 65

In Figure 14 and in Table 12 the per capita consumption was omitted for some countries.

For a revised version of Figure 14, see below.

Table 12 should be supplemented with the following numbers

  • Finland : 39.44 euros
  • France 68.5 euros
  • Liechtenstein : 129 euros
  • Netherlands 50 Euros

Page 106

For Paraguay, the fully converted area is 2000 hectares.

The total fully converted oilseed area is at least 492'211.8 hectares. Please note that not all countries provide data on the conversion status.

Page 190

In Table 50, the arable crop area should read 0.064 [million hectares]

Page 199

The first sentence should read:

"The organic market in Europe and the European Union increased by approximately 6 percent in 2013."

Page 201

In figure 78 some countries are missing. Please find the correct figure below.

Page 213

In  Table 57 the per capita consumption was omitted for some countries.

  • Finland : 39.44 euros
  • France 68.5 euros
  • Liechtenstein : 129 euros
  • Netherlands 50 Euros

Data on Argentina

By mistake the 2013 area data was informed wrongly.

The total organic agricultural land in Argentina in 2013 was 3'281'193 hectares.

Denmark: Retail sales

In Denmark the shares of organic retail sales of the overall retail sales have changed due to a revision of the numbers for the total food market. 

For 2013, the organic share of organic market of the total market was 7.2 percent according to the new calculation.

See also news item for the previous and the 2014 data.

Hungary: Area data

By mistake the 2010 area data for Hungary were used.

The total organic agricultural land in Hungary in 2013 was 131'018 hectares; the fully converted area 112'287 hectares.

Oman: Producers

The number of producers should be 4 producers.

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