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Global Market Overview: Organic market developments in established & key emerging markets (Session at the BioFach Congress of Feb. 16, 2012)
- Markus Arbenz (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM, Germany):
Introduction (1019 KB) - Laura Batcha (Organic Trade Association (OTA), US): The US market for organic food
- Helga Willer (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, FiBL): The European market for organic food (634 KB)
- Diana Schaack (Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft mbH (AMI), D): The German market for organic food (281 KB)
- Susanne Padel (The Organic Research Centre, UK), The UK market for organic food (1.6 MB)
- Anais Riffiod (L'Agence BIO, F): The French market for organic food (1.2 MB)
- Bernd Jansen (Ekoconnect, Germany): The organic market in the Central Eastern European countries (253 KB)
- Burkhard Schaer (Ecozept GbR, D): The Balkan countries (253 KB)
- Vitoon Panyakul (Green Net Cooperative, T): The market in South East Asia
Global market for organic food: Slides from BioFach ready for download
At the BioFach Congress, Amarjit Sahota of Organic Monitor presented the current situation of the global market for organic food and drink. His slides are now available for download.
Global sales of organic food & drink reached 59 billion US dollars in 2010. Although growth has slowed since the financial crisis started in 2008, sales have continued to increase at a healthy pace.
Organic farming is practiced on every continent, however, demand for organic products is concentrated in two regions; North America and Europe comprise 96 percent of global revenues. The high degree of sales concentration highlights the disparity between production and consumption. Indeed, most organic food production in regions such as Africa and Latin America is export-geared. In contrast, some organic food markets such as those in Singapore and Japan are highly import-dependent.
Further information
- Organic-World.net: Presentation by Amarjit Sahota on the global market (1.1 MB)
- Organic-World.net: Further presentations from the BioFach Congress related to the global and European market for organic food.