Editing Organic farming (section)

=== Geographic producer distribution ===

The markets for organic products are strongest in North America and Europe, which as of 2001 are estimated to have $6 and $8 billion respectively of the $20 billion global market.<ref name=Lotter2003/>{{rp|6}} As of 2007 [[Australasia]] has 39% of the total organic farmland, including Australia's {{convert|11,800,000|ha}} but 97% of this land is sprawling [[rangeland]] ([[#refWorldStats2007|2007:35]]). US sales are 20x as much.<ref name=Lotter2003/>{{rp|7}} Europe farms 23% of global organic farmland ({{convert|6,900,000|ha||abbr=on}}), followed by [[Organic farming by country#Latin America and the Caribbean|Latin America and the Caribbean]] with 20% ({{convert|6,400,000|ha|abbr=on}}). Asia has 9.5% while North America has 7.2%. Africa has 3%.<ref name="Willer2016">{{Cite web|url=http://orgprints.org/29790/13/willer-lernoud-2016-global-data-biofach.pdf|title=Organic Agriculture Worldwide 2016: Current Statistics|last=Willer|first=Helga|date=February 10, 2016|website=|publisher=FiBL and IFOAM Organics International|access-date=}}</ref>

Besides Australia,<ref name=Atlas>Paull, John & Hennig, Benjamin (2016) [https://www.academia.edu/25648267/Atlas_of_Organics_Four_maps_of_the_world_of_organic_agriculture Atlas of Organics: Four Maps of the World of Organic Agriculture] Journal of Organics. 3(1): 25-32.</ref> the countries with the most organic farmland are Argentina ({{convert|3.1|e6ha|abbr=off}}), China ({{convert|2.3|e6ha|abbr=off}}), and the United States ({{convert|1.6|e6ha|abbr=off}}). Much of Argentina's organic farmland is pasture, like that of Australia ([[#refWorldStats2007|2007:42]]). Spain, Germany, Brazil (the world's largest agricultural exporter), Uruguay, and England follow the United States in the amount of organic land ([[#refWorldStats2007|2007:26]]).

In the European Union ([[EU25#2004 Enlargement|EU25]]) 3.9% of the total utilized agricultural area was used for organic production in 2005. The countries with the highest proportion of organic land were Austria (11%) and Italy (8.4%), followed by the Czech Republic and Greece (both 7.2%). The lowest figures were shown for Malta (0.2%), Poland (0.6%) and Ireland (0.8%).<ref>{{cite web
 |title        = Organic Farming in the European Union
 |url          = http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/files/consumer-confidence/consumer-demand/facts_en.pdf
 |access-date   = 19 January 2012
 |publisher    = European Commission
 |page         = 30
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120906213432/http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/files/consumer-confidence/consumer-demand/facts_en.pdf
 |archive-date = 6 September 2012
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |title       = Eurostat press release 80/2007
 |url         = http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_PRD_CAT_PREREL/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2007/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2007_MONTH_06/5-12062007-EN-BP.PDF
 |access-date  = 7 October 2007
 |author      = European Commission – Eurostat
 |page        = 1
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071129051841/http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_PRD_CAT_PREREL/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2007/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2007_MONTH_06/5-12062007-EN-BP.PDF
 |archive-date = 29 November 2007
}}</ref>
In 2009, the proportion of organic land in the EU grew to 4.7%. The countries with the highest share of agricultural land were Liechtenstein (26.9%), Austria (18.5%) and Sweden (12.6%).<ref>{{cite web|first=Helga |last=Willer |publisher=Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL |location=Switzerland |url=http://orgprints.org/18365/2/willer-2011-european-market.pdf |title=Organic Agriculture in Europe: Production and Market BioFach Congress |date=18 February 2011}}</ref> 16% of all farmers in Austria produced organically in 2010. By the same year the proportion of organic land increased to 20%.<ref name="BZ">{{cite web
| title=Bio hat Zukunft, aber auch viele Probleme
| url=http://www.bauernzeitung.at/?id=2500%2C124738%2C%2C
| access-date=19 January 2012
| author=Bauernzeitung (RollAMA survey)
}}</ref> In 2005, {{convert|168,000|ha|abbr=off}} of land in Poland was under organic management.<ref>{{cite web| title=The organic food market in Poland: Ready for take-off|url=http://www.sixtytwo.biz/en/__organicfood1.htm| access-date=8 October 2007| author=SixtyTwo International Consultants
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927035437/http://www.sixtytwo.biz/en/__organicfood1.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 27 September 2007}}</ref> In 2012, {{convert|288,261|ha|abbr=off}} were under organic production, and there were about 15,500 organic farmers; retail sales of organic products were EUR 80 million in 2011. As of 2012 organic exports were part of the government's economic development strategy.<ref>IFOAM. [http://www.ifoam-eu.org/en/romania IFOAM EU: Romania profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101413/http://www.ifoam-eu.org/en/romania |date=2 April 2015 }} Page accessed 4 March 2015</ref>

After the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]] in 1991, agricultural inputs that had previously been purchased from [[Eastern bloc]] countries were no longer available in Cuba, and many Cuban farms converted to organic methods out of necessity.<ref>{{cite web
| title=Farming with Fidel
| url=http://www.sustainabletimes.ca/articles/cubanfarms.htm
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304033343/http://www.sustainabletimes.ca/articles/cubanfarms.htm
| archive-date=4 March 2009
| access-date=4 February 2012
| author=Auld, Alison
}}</ref> Consequently, organic agriculture is a mainstream practice in Cuba, while it remains an alternative practice in most other countries.<ref name=Commission>Anna Glayzer for The Food Commission. 19 July 2010
[http://www.foodcomm.org.uk/articles/cubas_food_production_revolution/ Cuba's food production revolution]</ref><ref>Andrea Swenson for Modern Farmer. 17 November 2014 [http://modernfarmer.com/2014/11/cuban-farming-stepping-backward-future/ Photo Essay: Cuban Farmers Return to the Old Ways]</ref> Cuba's organic strategy includes development of [[genetically modified crops]]; specifically corn that is resistant to the palomilla moth.<ref name=Commission/>