Organic Production in the World

When it comes to organic, agricultural products come to mind first. In this article, we would like to convey to you what organic agriculture is in the world, in what size and in which dimensions organic agriculture has reached in the world. İFOAM published a report in 2015 and shared its 2014 data with the world. According to these data, organic agriculture is produced in 172 countries around the world. Approximately 43,7 million organic farming producers produced organic farming in a total area of ​​2,3 million hectares of agriculture. Considering the total agricultural areas in the world, it is seen that organic farming is made at the rate of 1 percent according to the same data. Compared to 1999, this rate was exactly 300 percent.

Distribution of Organic Production to the Continents in the World

The distribution of organic production to the continents in the world is quite interesting. Considering the announced data, 40 percent of total organic agriculture is made in Oceania. Europe is followed by Europe with 27 percent. Latin America with 15 percent, Asia with 8 percent, North America with 7 percent and Africa with 3 percent.

The most important continents in terms of organic market in the world are Europe and America continents. There is much more demand for organic farming products especially on these two continents with high income levels. Companies that produce organic agriculture in our country also export to the European and American markets. According to 2014 data, the total organic agriculture market share is around 80 billion dollars worldwide. This figure shows that the organic agriculture sector and market have grown significantly. In the same data, the countries with the highest organic agriculture consumption per capita in the world were Switzerland, Denmark and Luxembourg. The fact that the national income levels of these countries are very high and the living standards are increasing day by day causes organic farming products to be purchased more.

Organic Production Development in the World

With the understanding of sustainable production and consumption, organic agriculture is given more importance day by day. The first sensitivity in organic point developed in the early 1900s. This period is called organic 1 period. Organic 2 period started with 1970's. In this period, productions were made within the framework of standard and legal basis. Organic production certificates have been started to be applied within the framework of standards and accepted laws at the organic production point. The introduction of organic production into legal legislation in terms of long-term development, sustainable and equality took place in 2015. With this arrangement, which will cover the years between 2015 and 2030, it is aimed to eliminate hunger and similar problems in the world. With this regulation, less disruption of ecological balance and a more livable world are aimed.

The Importance of Organic Production

This is the development of organic production in the world. At this point, the most important question that comes to mind and why is organic production. Why is the importance of organic production so important? In the last part of our article, we would like to give general information about this subject.

As it is known, global warming and climate changes pose a great threat for the future of the world. Factors such as rapid deterioration of ecological balance, global warming, increased natural disasters and deterioration of human health have increased a lot recently. The main reason for this is that we humans pollute the world in different ways. To prevent this, priority has been given in many other areas such as the best use of natural resources, the use of renewable resources in production and consumption, and the use of raw materials that are easy to recycle. Production with completely natural and ecological balance and appropriate methods has made organic production important.

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