creators_name: Richter, Toralf creators_name: Padel, Susanne editors_name: Willer, Helga editors_name: Yussefi, Minou type: bookchapter datestamp: 2008-02-28 lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:38:46 metadata_visibility: show title: The European Market for Organic Food ispublished: pub subjects: organics_countries_europe full_text_status: public keywords: Kommunikation, Publikationen, Statistics, organic farming world-wide, land use, Europe abstract: Most of the information and statistics presented in this chapter were compiled as part of a survey among national experts of national or international organic markets. Many of these figures are based on estimates, and the methods of data collection vary from country to country as no uniform data collection system for organic market data is yet in place. In addition, national organic sales figures may vary between years depending on the information sources. Descriptions of market trends in this chapter are the result of market observations by Toralf Richter (Bio Plus AG, Switzerland) and Susanne Padel (University of Wales). The authors would welcome any comments that may help to improve the quality of data and information about the organic market in Europe in future. Some content of this chapter was already published in the Soil Association ‘Organic Market Report 2006’3. date: 2007 date_type: published publication: The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging Trends 2007 publisher: International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM, Bonn, Germany & Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland pagerange: 143-154 refereed: never citation: Richter, Toralf and Padel, Susanne (2007) The European Market for Organic Food. In: Willer, Helga and Yussefi, Minou (Eds.) The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging Trends 2007, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM, Bonn, Germany & Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland, chapter 15 Europe, pp. 143-154. document_url: http://orgprints.org/13170/1/richter-padel-2007-world-of-organic-chapter15.pdf