World Organic Agriculture Profiles and Trends to 2024 - China's Organic Market Ranks Third in the World......The World of Organic Agriculture Statistics and Emerging Trends 2024The Chinese version of "The World of Organic Agriculture Statistics and Emerging Trends 2024" (hereinafter referred to as "Trends") was globally premiered.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/23789/
Compiled jointly by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM - Organics International (IFOAM-OI),The World of Organic Agriculture Statistics and Emerging Trends ,It compiles detailed data on global organic agricultural production and consumption in 2022. Since 1999, this book has been published for 25 consecutive years and is an authoritative work in the industry.
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01 Organic Agricultural Land文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/23789/
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In 2022, the global organic agricultural land area exceeded 96.4 million hectares, an increase of 26.6% compared with 2021; among them, Oceania had the largest area, at 53.2 million hectares, accounting for 55% of the global organic agricultural land area, followed by Europe, with an area of approximately 18.5 million hectares, accounting for 19%.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/23789/
Australia is the country with the most organic agricultural land, with an estimated 97% of its farmland being extensive grazing areas; India ranks second, and Argentina ranks third.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/23789/
Global organic agricultural land accounts for 2% of all agricultural land. Liechtenstein, Austria, and Estonia are the three countries with the largest shares, reaching 43.0%, 27.5%, and 23.4%, respectively.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/23789/
02 Organic Market Size文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/23789/
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In 2022, global sales of organic food and beverages reached 134.8 billion euros, an increase of 7.8% over the previous year; the largest country for the organic food market was the United States (58.6 billion euros), followed by Germany (15.3 billion euros), China (12.4 billion euros), and France (12.1 billion euros). In terms of the share of the organic market in the overall market, the leader was Denmark (12.0%), followed by Austria (11.5%) and Switzerland (11.2%). In 2022, global per capita consumption of organic products was approximately 17 euros; Switzerland ranked first at 437 euros, followed by Denmark at 365 euros, Austria at 274 euros, and Luxembourg at 259 euros. As of 2022, China's per capita consumption was 9 euros.
03 Organic Laws and Regulations
In 2022, 75 countries had fully implemented organic agriculture regulations, 21 countries had regulations but had not yet fully implemented them, and 14 countries were drafting relevant regulations. The EU Organic Regulation (EU) 2018/848 has had a huge impact on the rules for organic farmers and on thousands of organic farmers worldwide. After a lengthy revision process, the EU Organic Regulation (EU) 2018/848 was published in June 2018 and became applicable on January 1, 2022. Among the objectives and principles of the new organic regulation, content encouraging distribution channels and local production was added. Among these principles, the soil-related production concept was strengthened, and emphasis was placed on “contribution to the environment,” “long-term fertility,” and “biodiversity.” Another new principle is to encourage the use of organic plant reproductive materials and animal breeds with high genetic diversity and disease resistance. In the new regulation, there are two systems for importing organic products from outside the EU, trade agreements: all third countries currently recognized as equivalent must renegotiate the terms of trade agreements under the new EU procedure.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/23789/
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This year's BioFach released two major industry trends: ① Holistic. Climate. Regenerative. This trend is about the holistic circular system as part of the climate change solution, including regenerative agriculture based on organic farming; ② Personal health and planetary health. Not only personal health, but also treating the natural balance through diets that support the health of the Earth's environment. In addition, it also emphasizes achieving healthy aging through conscious healthy eating, which is a major trend for the industry's future development. For a long time, the food and agriculture system has been considered one of the sectors most negatively affected by climate change; but correspondingly, according to the global food greenhouse gas emissions database EDGAR-FOOD, global food system emissions in 2015 were 18 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent, accounting for 34% of total greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, controlling carbon emissions from food production and related links is one of the important solutions to the climate problem. At the same time, organic agriculture, as a sustainable agricultural model, follows local ecological rhythms, biodiversity, and natural cycles without relying on inputs that cause adverse effects, and can maintain soil, ecosystems, and human health. It has enormous potential and advantages in controlling carbon emissions.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/23789/
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