The Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of
Agriculture has publishes an interesting report on organic farming in
Italy. Organics are an important and growing sector in Italian
agriculture. Italy ranks first in Europe in both number of organic
farms and organic cultivated land area. The Italian situation
demonstrates the more general notion that while EU policies have
influenced the development of organic agriculture in Europe as a whole,
member state implementation of EU policies, along with member specific
incentives, have had a critical role in the in the development of the
organic sector. <br><i>Source of information:</i> USDA : http://www.fas.usda.gov