“World: Organic agriculture more than doubled since 2000”, by Alice McKeow.

The World-Watch Institute has prepared an extensive overview article about organic farming world-wide. Some of it is based on the data compiled by FiBL and IFOAM and on other findings of the book ‘The World of Organic Agriculture 2009’. According to this data farmers worldwide managed 32.2 million hectares of agricultural land organically in 2007, nearly 5% more than in the previous year and a 118% increase since 2000. On the other hand, more than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops, and less than 1% of the world’s agricultural land is now managed organically. The article also provides a lot of background information, especially on the issue of climate change.<BR><BR>“Organic-world.net”, 31 luglio 2009, <A href="http://www.organic-world.net/">www.organic-world.net</A><BR&gt;