The World of Organic Agriculture: Statistics and Emerging Trends 2008

The World of Organic Agriculture: Statistics and Emerging Trends 2008
ISBN-10
1136535233
ISBN-13
9781136535239
Series
The World of Organic Agriculture
Category
Social Science
Pages
268
Language
English
Published
2010-09-23
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Minou Yussefi-Menzler

Description

The new edition of this annual publication (previously published solely by IFOAM and FiBL) documents recent developments in global organic agriculture. It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector from throughout the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics that cover surface area under organic management, numbers of farms and specific information about commodities and land use in organic systems. The book also contains information on the global market of the burgeoning organic sector, the latest developments in organic certification, standards and regulations, and insights into current status and emerging trends for organic agriculture by continent from the worlds foremost experts. For this edition, all statistical data and regional review chapters have been thoroughly updated. Completely new chapters on organic agriculture in the Pacific, on the International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture and on organic aquaculture have been added. Published with IFOAM and FiBL

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