The World of Organic Agriculture 2025 - Table of contents

Please note that starting with the 2024 edition, we have restructured our yearbook and relocated all major tables to the back of the book.

Forwords/Introduction

Foreword from Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and IFOAM - Organics International
Foreword from SECO
Acknowledgements

ORGANIC AGRICULTURE WORLDWIDE: CURRENT STATISTICS
Area, Operators, International Trade and Retail Sales
Bernhard Schlatter, Jan Trávníček. Manuela Helbing and Helga Willer

Organic Bananas
Paul van den Berge, Salvador Garibay and Thomas Bernet, FiBL

Statistics of the Biodynamic Federation Demeter International
Clara Behr

GLOBAL MARKET FOR ORGANIC FOOD AND DRINK
The Global Market for Organic Food & Drink
Amarjit Sahota

STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS POLICY SUPPORT
Policies Advancing Agroecology and Organic Agriculture in
sahar Brahim and Gabor Figeczky

Participatory Guarantee Systems – Global Trends in
Carolina de Jorge

EU Rules Challenge Smallholder Farmers
Florentine Meinshausen, FiBL

AFRICA
Developments in Organic Agriculture in Africa
David Amudavi, VENANCIA WAMBUA, Alex Mutungi, Chariton Namuwoza, Mgeta Daud, Olugbenga AdeOluwa, Oluwatoyin Ologundudu and Francis Nsanga, PhD (Candidate)
Biovision Foundation University of Ibadan, National Organic Agricultural Movement of Uganda (NOGAMU)

Organic Agriculture in Africa: Key Facts and Figures

ASIA

Asia: Updates and Country Reports
IFOAM – Organics Asia

Organic Agriculture in Asia: Key Facts and Figures

EUROPE

Organic in Europe: Recent Developments
Maria Gernert, Karim Jouhari, Helene Schmutzler (she/her), Maria Zintl, Laura Sauques, Hana Winkler and Silvia L. Schmidt IFOAM Organics Europe

Europe and European Union: Key facts and Figures

EU Imports of Organic Agri-food Products

Achieving the EU Farm-to-Fork 25 % Organic Target
Nicolas Lampkin, Ingrid Jahrl and Sabine Reinecke
Thünen Institute, FiBL

Enabling and Constraining Factors for Developing Organic Aquaculture
Giuseppe Lembo and Lola Toomey

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Latin America and the Caribbean: Key Facts and Figures

NORTH AMERICA

U.S. Organic Sector: Challenges and Opportunities
Maggie McNeil, Organic Trade Association

Canada
Tia Loftsgard, Canada Organic Trade Association

Organic Agriculture in North America: Key Facts and Figures

OCEANIA

Organic Industry Developments in Australia
Kane Frampton, ACO

The Pacific Islands
karen Mapusua, IFOAM

Organic Agriculture in Oceania: Key Facts and Figures

OUTLOOK
Organics: Beating the odds
Ravi R. Prasad, IFOAM