The World of Organic Agriculture 2009: Table of contents
- Foreword Edition 2009
- Acknowledgments
- Sponsors
- Abbreviations
- The World of Organic Agriculture 2009: Summary
Helga Willer
Pages 1-26 (forword, table of contents, summary etc.) can be downloaded at orgprints.org.
Current Statistics
- Organic Agriculture Worldwide: Current Statistics
Helga Willer, Maren Rohwedder, Els Wynen- About the survey
- Agricultural area under organic management and number of producers - present situation and growth
- Land use and crop data
- Crop Statistics: Cereals, citrus fruit, coconuts, cocoa, coffee, grapes, olives and wheat
- Organic farming in developing countries
- Data availability
- Revisions and updates of the 2006 data (published in the 2008 edition of ‘The World of Organic Agriculture’)
Global Market
- The Global Market for Organic Food & Drink
Amarjit Sahota
Standards and Regulations
- Standards and Regulations
Beate Huber and Otto Schmid - More than a Million Farms Certified by 481 Certification Bodies
Gunnar Rundgren - Overview of Group Certification
Joelle Katto-Andrighetto
UN Organizations
- The Organics Trade Development Programme (OTDP) of the International Trade Centre (ITC)
Alexander Kasterine - UNCTAD's Work on Organic Agriculture
Sophia Twarog - The UNEP-UNCTAD CBTF Activities for Promotion of Trade in Organic Agriculture
Asad Naqvi
Food Security
- Is Organic Farming an Unjustified Luxury in a World With Too Many Hungry People?
Niels Halberg, Panneerselvam Peramaiyan and Charles Walaga
Crop chapters
- Organic Cotton
Paolo Foglia and Simon Ferrigno - The Production Base for Organic Temperate Fruit, Berries and Grapes
David Granatstein, Elizabeth Kirbyand Helga Willer
Africa
- Organic Farming in Africa
Hervé Bouagnimbeck - Background: The IFOAM Africa Office
Hervé Bouagnimbeck - Africa: Tables: Organic land area, land use, producers
- Organic Food and Farming in Kenya
Paul Rye Kledal, Habwe Florence Oyiera, John Wanjau Njoroge and Eustace Kiarii
Asia
- Organic Asia - From Back to Nature Movement & Fringe Export to Domestic Market Trend
Ong Kung Wai - History of the Regional Movement in Asia
Ong Kung Wai - Organic Agriculture and Market Potential in India
Manoj Kumar Menon - Asia: Tables: Organic land area, land use, producers
Europe
- Europe: Overview
Helga Willer - Five Percent More Organic Land in the EU-27 - All Crops on the Increase
Diana Schaack - Development of the Organic Market in Europe
Susanne Padel,Diana Schaackand Helga Willer - The Organic Market in Europe: Trends and Challenges
Burkhard Schaer - Organic Action Plans in Europe
Victor Gonzalvez - Organic Farming in Europe: Tables: Organic land area, land use, producers
Latin America
- Organic Farming in Latin America and the Caribbean
Salvador V. Garibay and Roberto Ugas - Argentina
Dina Foguelman - Chile
Pilar M. Eguillor Recabarren - Colombia
Carlos Escobar - Organic Agriculture in Cuba: Managing with Limited Resources
Lukas Kilcher - Dominican Republic
Rafael Marty Garcia - Ecuador
María A. Rovayo and Sonia Lehmann - El Salvador
Beatriz Alegría - Guatemala
Eddie Manolo de la Cruz Berganza - Mexico
Manuel Ángel Gómez Cruz, Rita Schwentesius Rindermann, Laura Gómez Tovar,
Javier Ortigoza Rufino and Erin Nelson - Venezuela
Luisa Díaz Jaimes and Félix Moreno-Elcure - Latin America: Tables: Organic land area, land use, producers
North America
- United States
Barbara Haumann - Canada
Matthew Holmes and Anne Macey - North America: Tables: Organic land area, land use, producers
Oceania
- Organic Farming in Australia
Els Wynen - New Zealand
Seager Mason - Organic Agriculture in the Pacific Region
Karen Mapusua - Oceania: Table: Land under organic management, producers
Achievements Made and Challenges Ahead
- Achievements Made and Challenges Ahead
Louise Luttikolt
Annex
- Annex: Tables: Organic land, shares of total agricultural land and farms world-wide
- Data sources and data providers