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Originally Posted by JamesM
"Generally it can be said that apart
from Europe it is difficult to find exact
and up-to-date figures on the state of
organic farming in individual
countries. Often no figures (like for
almost all countries in Africa) are
available at all."
"In the case of Asia figures that
allegedly show the state of organic
farming are often figures for reduced
chemical input farming."
To quote the report you quote.
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JamesM, indeed these are problems with estimating the area of organic crops. This means that most estimates are likely to be over rather than under estimates of true organic areas. A recent paper reviewing organic agriculture yields include low input agriculture and farming systems like SRI because these used some organic practices. If certified organic only was counted the areas would be smaller than depicted in these publications. However, the values for Europe, North America and Oceania can be considered reliable. Those from Asia, South America and Africa are suspect. In the last 7 years the areas where organic agriculture has had the largest percentage increases in area are: Africa and Asia - precisely those regions where suspect practices are more likely to be included in the organic area.
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