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The World of Organic Agriculture 2023 - Table of contents

Forwords and acknowledgements

  • Foreword from SECO
  • Foreword from FiBL and IFOAM – Organics International
  • Foreword from the Editors
  • Acknowledgements

The World of Organic Agriculture 2023: Summary

Organic Agriculture Worldwide: Current Statistics

Current Statistics on Organic Agriculture Worldwide
Bernhard Schlatter, Jan Trávníček and Helga Willer

  • Organic land  
  • Organic producers and other operator types  54
  • Retail sales 
  • Export and import data 
  • Organic farming in developing countries and emerging markets  68
  • Land use and key crops grown in organic agriculture 

Organic Cotton
Textile Exchange

Organic Palm Oil 
Thomas Bernet & Paul van den Berge

Global Market and EU Organic Imports

The Global Market for Organic Food & Drink 
Amarjit Sahota 

Imports of Organic Agri-food Products into the European Union

Standards and Regulations, Policy Support
Worldwide Overview of Regulations and Policies on Agroecological Approaches Including Organic
Xhona Hysa, Vladislav Zhmailo and Gábor Figeczky 

Participatory Guarantee Systems in 2022
Sara Anselmi and Flávia Moura e Castro 

Africa

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

Kenya
Samuel Ndungu and Martin Njoroge

Organic Agriculture in Africa: Key Facts and Figures

Asia 

Developments in the Organic Sector in Asia in 2022 
IFOAM Organics Asia 

Organic Agriculture in Asia: Key Facts and Figures

Europe
Organic in Europe: Recent Developments
Emanuele Busacca, Maria Gernert, Bram Moeskops, Amelie Steu and Helga Willer

Organic Farming and Market Development in Europe and the European Union
Helga Willer. Bernhard Schlatter, Jan Trávníček, and Diana Schaack

Organic in Ukraine
Taras Vysotskyi, Andrii Remizov and Natalie Prokopchuk 

Latin America and the Caribbean

Organic Agriculture in Latin America
Gabriela Soto and Roberto Ugás

Latin America and the Caribbean: Key Facts and Figures

North America

Organic in the United States: Ensuring Organic’s Growth and Integrity
Angela Jagiello 

Canada
Tia Loftsgard 

Organic Agriculture in North America: Key Facts and Figures

Oceania
Australia
Kane Frampton 

A Snapshot of Organics in Aotearoa New Zealand
Tiffany Tompkins

The Pacific Islands
Karen Mapusua 

Organic Agriculture in Oceania: Key Facts and Figures

Annex

  • Annex I: Key Indicators by Region and Country
  • Annex II: Data Providers and Data Sources
  • Annex III: About the FiBL Survey
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