More than 26 Million certified organic hectares worldwide
	February 23, 2005 More than 26 Million certified organic hectares worldwide
	Bonn/Frick/Bad Dürkheim/Nürnberg, 23.02.2005 - The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), the Swiss Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, the Foundation Ecology & Farming (SÖL), Germany, will present the new study on “The World of Organic Agriculture – Statistics and Emerging Trends 2005” at the BioFach fair 2005 in Nuremberg, the world leading fair for organic food. Conducted with the support of the fair organizers NürnbergMesse, the study will be presented on Friday, 25.02.2005, at 10 am (Room Brüssel). According to the study, currently more than 26 million hectares of farmland are under organic management worldwide. This is more than two million hectares more than in the previous year. Helga Willer of FiBL explains that this is an increase of almost ten percent.
	Contact ·    Dr. Helga Willer, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) Ackerstr., CH-5070 Frick, Tel. +41 79 2180626, Fax +41 62 8657-273, E-Mail info.suisse@fibl.org, Internet www.fibl.org, http://www.fibl.org/english/shop/index.php ·    Foundation Ecology & Agriculture(SÖL), Weinstr. Süd 51, D-67098 Bad Dürkheim, Tel +49 6322 98970-0, Fax +49 6322 98970-1, E-Mail info@soel.de, Internet www.soel.de ·    Bernward Geier, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), Charles-de-Gaulle-Str. 5, D-53113 Bonn, Tel. 49 228 92650-10, E-Mail headoffice@ifoam.org, Internet www.ifoam.org ·    NürnbergMesse, BioFach, Messezentrum Nürnberg, D – 90471 Nürnberg, Tel: +49 911 8606-0, E-Mail info@biofach.de, Internet http://www.biofach.de Order and Download Published in English, the study can be ordered at a cost of 16 Euros (+postage) through IFOAM and FiBL (see addresses above). The full study can be downloaded at a cost of 8 Euros via the internet at: ·    www.ifoam.org ·    http://shop.fibl.org, order number 1365 Chapter 2 of the study „Current Status of Organic Farming World-Wide“ summarizing the main results and the global organic statistics can be downloaded free of charge at r www.orgprints.org/4297. Graphics and Pictures Graphics and pictures are available via www.soel.de/oekolandbau/weltweit.html. The study Helga Willer and Minou Yussefi (Hrsg.): The World of Organic Agriculture 2005 - Statistics and Emerging Trends. 7th revised edition, February 2005, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), DE-Bonn. 186 Seiten, 16,00 EUR, Download 8 Euro, ISBN 3-934055-51-6 Internet availability of this press release This press release is available at the internet at http://www.ifoam.org, http.//www.fibl.org (> English > News) ,http://www.soel.de
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