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Experiences with 9 years of
global data collection
Helga Willer, FiBL, CH
Presentation at the Workshop on global data
collection at the IFOAM Organic World Congress,
June 18, 2008, Modena, Italy
Archived at http://orgprints.org/7256/
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Programme
6.30 - 6.35 pm
Introduction
Lukas Kilcher, FiBL. Frick, Switzerland
6.35-6.40 pm
Introduction: Experiences with 9 years of global data collection
Helga Willer, FiBL
6.40-6.50 pm
Collection of the African data: Experiences of the 2008 survey
Hervé Bouagnimbeck, IFOAM
6.50-7.00 pm
Data based on information from operators: Opportunities and challenges
Munshimbwe Chitalu, Organic Producers and Processors Association of
Zambia (OPPAZ), Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer
7.00-7.10 pm
Data based on information from inspection bodies: Opportunities and
challenges
Anne Macey, Canadian Organic Growers
7.10-7.20 pm
Options for increased cooperation with inspection/certification bodies
Michel Reynaud, Ecocert
Discussion
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The World of Organic Agriculture 20002008
160
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100
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80
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Countries
Land area (million hectares)
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2000: First survey by SOEL,
Data from 40 countries: Land
area and number of farms,
share of total agricultural land,
supported by BioFach (until
today)
2006: 117 countries, land use
details, database built;
Continual work on historical
data and corrections
2008: 135 countries: Large
increase of countries because
more data from Africa and from
Oceania / Pacific Islands were
made available, Support from
SECO and ITC
Million hectares
Number of countries
Information currently available
Currently available
Totals by country and continent global
Shares by country
Farms
Land use by country
Crop information
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Global Organic Farming 2006
30.4 million hectares of
agricultural land are
managed organically
12.3 million hectares are in
Australia
Almost 30 % of the
agricultural land in
Liechtenstein are organic
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During 2006: Growth in all
continents
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Development of organic farming in the
continents 2000-2007 (2007:provisional, survey
in progress)
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Organic and in-conversion land area: The
10 leading countries
Source: FiBL Survey, June 2008
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Use of organic/in-conversion land worldwide 2006
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Coffee
How do we collect the data
Originally all kinds of sources were used.
2008:
Either experts from the country (government or private), or
official organic farming statistics (USDA, Eurostat)
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If no country experts are available we try to get the
data from the certifiers ourselves: But: we do not
have an overview which certifiers are active in the
country, so these are uncomplete data
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Situation by continent: Africa
Most African countries do
not have government
support for data collection;
exception: Tunisia and
Ruanda
In some countries the
private sector provides good
data (e.g East African
countries)
In many countries data
availability remains a
problem
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Asia
In some countries the
government collects and
provides the data: India,
China, Israel
In many countries data are
collected by the private
sector from the inspection
bodies, often with good
results: Indonesia, Nepal,
Bhutan
In many countries, data
collection remains
problematic
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Europe
In most countries of the
European Union the data are
provided by the private
sector or the governments
and the data are regularly
published on the web (land
use, sometimes production,
sometimes market data)
Additionally Eurostat, the
statistical office of the
European Union, publishes
the land use & animal data at
its homepage
In the countries outside the
EU data are mostly provided
by the private sector
South America
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In most South American
countries the data are now
provided by the goverments:
Land use, production, export
values
In some countries data
availability remains a
problem, e.g. Venezuela
Central America and Caribbean
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Data are often collected by
private bodies, often in the
framework of development
cooperation projects; the
problem is often the
continuity of data
supply/suppliers
North America
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USA: Data collected by
USDA, with good land use
data. But: The data are
released only every 2 years
Canada: Data collected by
Canadian Organic Growers –
not always easy
Oceania
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Australia: Land area and
farms available from Aquis,
but no land use details
New Zealand, good on
export volumes, land use
details difficult
Pacific Islands: Area and
operators available
Data availability by continent and data
type
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Continent
Land area /farms
Crop/crop group
details, share of
organic area
Production
Africa
55 %
53.4 %
X
Asia
61 %
6.2 %
x
Europe
93 %
86.6 %
x
North America
100 %
81.5 %
?
Latin America
70 %
54.2 %
x
Oceania
61 %
0.5 %
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Classification of land use data
In 2006 land use / crop data were collected for the
first time
At that time a classifcation system was developed
according to the data received, inspired by the
Eurostat classification and the FAO system
Major revision now in cooperation with the ZMP,
German market data collection body
Important for international classification or any
classification: Do not aggregate data but provide
lowest possible level.
Outlook: Develop a classification system for
processed foods/final products in order to process
data on volumes and market values
Outlook
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Improve cooperation and information exchange with
data suppliers
Develop classification system further, particularly for
processed/final products
Improve database, make data better accessible via
the internet and other channels
Expand scope of data collected
Full organic – in conversion status
Production data, i.e. volumes
Exports / imports; volumes, values
Market values of crops