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World of Organic Agriculture 2019 – Statistics

• n Organic Agriculture

Biofruit Congress, Madrid, 23. October 2019

Helga Willer and Miguel de Porras

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FiBL at a glance (1)

FiBL sites FiBL Europe FiBL Switzerland FiBL Germany FiBL Austria FiBL T eam France FiBL Central Eastern Europe (ÖMKi)

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European Union: Growth of organic farmland and of retail sales

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Development of VSS compliant area based on maximum

20.000.000 40.000.000 60.000.000 80.000.000 100.000.000 120.000.000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Hectares

UTZ RTRS RSPO Rainforest ProTerra Global GAP Fairtrade CmiA Bonsucro BCI 4C Organic

Source: FiBL-IISD-ITC survey 2019

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Multi-certification is a challenge!

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VSS - Banana

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How has the EU progressed towards SDG 2?

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/sdi/key- findings https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products- catalogues/-/KS-02-18-827

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High complexity of the issue

• Prohibition of mineral

fertilisers and synthetic pesticides

• Limited external feed use
• Soil protection
• Skinner et al. 2019: cf. DOK

trail

• Climate protection potential
• f agriculture is a complex

issue

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Source: Müller at al. (2017)

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Source: Müller at al. (2017)

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Transition towards sustainable agricultural systems

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Both conventional and organic systems need to become more sustainable.

Source: Eyhorn et al. (2019)

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Thank you very much for your attention!

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