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The World of Organic Agriculture 2021: Table of Contents

Table of Contents

  • Foreword from SECO and ITC
  • Foreword from FiBL and  IFOAM – Organics International
  • Foreword from the Editors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Organic Agriculture: Key Indicators and Top Countries

The World of Organic Agriculture 2021: Summary 

Helga Willer,  Claudia Meier,Bernhard Schlatter, Lauren Dietemann, Laura Kemper and Jan Trávníček 

Organic Agriculture Worldwide: Current Statistics 

Current Statistics on Organic Agriculture Worldwide: Area, Operators and Market
Bernhard Schlatter, Jan Trávníček, Claudia Meier, Olivia Keller and Helga Willer

  • Organic land
  • Organic producers and other operator types 
  • Retail sales and international trade data
  • Organic farming in developing countries and emerging markets
  • Land use and key commodities in organic agriculture

Organic Cotton
Lisa Barsley, Evonne Tan, Suet Yin, Amish Gosai and Liesl Truscott

Global Market   and Organic Imports 

The Global Market for Organic Food & Drink
Amarjit Sahota

Imports of Organic Agri-food Products into the European Union ‒
Summary of the EU Agricultural Market Brief on EU Organic Imports 2019 

Standards and  Legislation, Policy Support

Organic Agriculture Regulations Worldwide: Current Situation
Cornelia Kirchner, Joelle Katto-Andrighetto and Joelle Katto-Andrighetto and Flávia Moura e Castro 

Participatory Guarantee Systems in 2020
Flávia Moura e Castro, Sara Anselmi,  Cornelia Kirchner and Federica Varini

Demeter International – Current Statistics
Christoph Simpfendörfer and Sarah Fischer

The Power of Public Food Procurement: Fostering Organic Production and Consumption
Federica Varini and Xhona Hysa 

Africa

Latest Developments in Organic Agriculture in Africa
David M. Amudavi, Venancia Wambua, Alex Mutung, Moses Aisu and Olugbenga O. Adeoluwa 

Africa: Current Statistics 

Asia

Developments in the Organic Sector in Asia in 2020
Shaikh Tanveer Hossain, Jennifer Chang and Vic Anthony Joseph Fabre Tagupa 

Asia: Current statistics  208

Europe

Organic in Europe: Recent Developments
Helga Willer, Bram Moeskops, Emanuele Busacca, Léna Brisset, Maria Gernert and Silvia Schmidt

Europe and the European Union: Key indicators 2019

Organic Farming and Market Development in Europe and the European Union
Jan Trávníček, Helga Willerand Diana Schaack 

Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America: An Insight into the Latest Developments in Organic Agriculture
Patricia Flores

The Inter-American Commission for Organic Agriculture (CIAO)
Graciela Lacaze & Juan Manuel Gámez 

Latin America and the Caribbean: Current statistics

North America

US Organic Sales Break Through 55 billion Dollar Mark
Barbara Fitch Haumann 

Canada
Tia Loftsgard 

North America: Current statistics

Oceania

Australia 
Nicole Ford and Owen Gwilliam  

The Pacific Islands
Karen Mapusua 

Oceania: Current statistics

Outlook

Building Resilience
Louise Luttikholt

Key Indicators by Country and Region 

Data Providers and Data Sources

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