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13123: The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging Trends 2008

Willer, Helga; Yussefi-Menzler, Minou and Sorensen, Neil, Eds. (2008) The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging Trends 2008. Earthscan Londen.

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Summary

The 2008 edition of this annual publication documents recent developments in global organic agriculture. It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector from throughout the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics that cover surface area under organic management, numbers of farms and specific information about commodities and land use in organic systems. The book also contains information on the global market of the burgeoning organic sector, the latest developments in organic certification, standards and regulations, and insights into current status and emerging trends for organic agriculture by continent.
For this edition, all statistical data and regional review chapters have been thoroughly updated. Completely new chapters on organic agriculture in the Pacific, on the International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture and on organic aquaculture have been added.

Document Language:English
Keywords:Statistics, organic farming world-wide, land use, Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Australia & Oceania
Subject Areas: "Organics" in general > Country reports > World
Research affiliation: International Organizations > International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM
Switzerland > FiBL > Statistics & Country Info > World
Switzerland > FiBL > Communication
Germany > Foundation Ecology & Agriculture (SÖL) > statistic organic farming
Part or Full Programme:Part of programme/Cluster of projects
Total budget (Euro):0
Orgprints ID Number:13123
Contact:Willer, Dr. Helga
Deposited On:28 February 2008
EPrint Type:Book
Published?:Published
Peer Review Status:Not peer-reviewed
Additional Publishing Information:This book is also publsihed by FiBL and IFOAm.
The book can be ordered from IFOAM at www.ifoam.org and the FiBL shop at https://www.fibl.org/shop/show.php?sprache=EN&art=1449(Download and printed version).
A hardback version is available from Earthscan. http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?TabId=4848&v=111780
Related Links:http://www.organic-world.net, http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?TabId=4848&v=111780, https://www.fibl.org/shop/show.php?sprache=EN&art=1488

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