General – Worldmapper

Organic Agriculture 2015

Worldmapper — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 14:00:08 +0000

"The world map of organic agriculture hectares accounts for 43,095,884 hectares of organic agriculture land reported for 170 countries and territories. The map is dominated by the presence of Australia which appears especially bloated, and this reflects its world leadership position in terms of its number of organic agriculture hectares (17,151,000 ha, which is 39.8% of the world total). Europe accounts for 11,460,773 ha, which is 26.6% of the world total. Europe collectively has a strong presence with substantial contributions from many states, with organic agriculture leaders including: Spain (1,610,129 ha), Italy (1,317,177 ha), France (1,060,756 ha), Germany (1,060,669 ha), Poland (661,956 ha), UK (567,751 ha), Austria (526,689 ha), Sweden (500,996 ha), the Czech Republic (474,231 ha), and Turkey (461,396 ha) (Willer & Lernoud, 2015). South America has a strong presence accounted for in large measure by three countries, Argentina (3,191,255 ha), Uruguay (930,965 ha), and Brazil (705,233 ha). China and India dominate the Asian representation (2,094,000 ha and 510,000 ha respectively). Collectively Asia accounts for 8.0% of world organic agriculture hectares. North America accounts for 7.1% of world organic hectares with USA reporting 2,178,471 ha and Canada 869,239 ha. Africa has an eviscerated presence (accounting for just 2.8% of the world organic agriculture hectares), with Uganda the organics leader of the continent with 231,157 ha. Russia appears anorexic, and the Middle East is emaciated, in each case reflecting the poor diffusion of organic agriculture into these regions - and perhaps the great opportunities for future organic penetration into these territories. The map presence of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) reflects their recent commitment to the adoption of organics and the newfound status of the Falkland Islands as a current world leader with 36.3% of its agricultural land classified as organic." (modified from Paull & Hennig, 2016)

Organic Production 2015

Worldmapper — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 11:00:03 +0000

This map shows countries proportional according to the total certified organic production (including organic agriculture, wildculture, forestry and aquaculture) hectares there in 2015.

Data sources
This map uses data published by the Paull & Hennig (2016) in the Atlas of Organics: Four maps of the world of organic agriculture based on and modified from the works by Willer & Lernoud (2015) (last accessed June 2019).

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets.

Organic Wildculture 2015

Worldmapper — Fri, 17 May 2019 11:00:56 +0000

There is currently a twenty-first century “backflow” of the “organic” concept, from its agricultural heritage to wildculture including all aspects and styles of hunting and gathering food harvesting. (Paull, 2008) "The world map of organic wildculture hectares accounts for 34,092,862 ha reported from 73 countries. The wildculture harvest includes wild berries, wild mushrooms, wild medicinal plants, wild fruits, wild nuts, wild vegetables, palm sugar, honey and seaweed. Finland (9,000,000 organic wildculture ha), accounts for 26.4% of the global total wildculture hectares. Africa is well represented in the organic wildculture map (Fig.3) and is led by Zambia (6,133,424), Namibia (2,400,000 ha), and Morocco (817,690 ha). India dominates the Asian continent accounting for 5,180,000 organic wildculture hectares. In South America Brazil leads with 1,209,773 ha of organic wildculture. North America and Oceania are skeletally represented and offer great potential for the future uptake and reportage of organic wildculture." (modified quote from Paull & Hennig, 2016)

Organic Producers 2015

Worldmapper — Fri, 17 May 2019 11:00:41 +0000

"The world map of organic producers accounts for 1,198,583 producers reported by 148 countries. The organic producers map is dominated by the presence of India (650,000 producers). Mexico dominates the Americas with 169,703 producers. Europe is strongly represented by Italy (45,969 producers). Africa is strongly represented by Uganda (189,610 producers), Tanzania (148,610 producers), and Ethiopia (134,626 producers). North America and Australia are skeletally represented. Data on producers from China were absent in the reported data set." (modified quote from Paull & Hennig, 2016)

#FridaysForFuture Climate Protesters (March 15th 2019)

Worldmapper — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 21:00:20 +0000

Fridays for Future protests for climate action were initiated in August 2018 by then 15 years old Greta Thunberg who proposed school strikes to stop global warming and climate change. This turned into a global movement with the week of March 15th 2019 having been promoted for global climate strike action. The campaign states that "During the week of March 15, there were at least 1.6 million strikers on all 7 continents, in more than 125 countries and in well over 2000 places. The 1.6 million strikers is data gathered by FFF for 40% of countries. Over 1 million has been confirmed by the 30% of cities, which have reported."

#FridaysForFuture Climate Demonstrations (March 15th 2019)

Worldmapper — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 11:59:26 +0000

Organic Agriculture 2005

Worldmapper — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:25:00 +0000

"Organic agriculture is a set of food production protocols that have developed in parallel with chemical agriculture, and as a response to it. Rudolf Steiner presented what is arguably the first organic agriculture course to an audience of 111 farmers and others, from six continental European countries, in 1924 in what is now the Polish village of Kobierzyce (then Koberwitz). The World Map of Organic Agriculture illustrates the great unevenness of the global uptake of organic agriculture. The map is dominated by the presence of Australia which appears especially bloated, and this reflects its world leadership position in terms of its number of organic agriculture hectares. South America has a strong presence accounted for in large measure by three countries, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Europe collectively has a strong presence with substantial contributions from many states, and led by Spain, Italy, Germany, UK, France, and Austria." (modified extract from Paull & Hennig, 2016)

Genetically modified organisms (GMO) Production 2013

Worldmapper — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:00:30 +0000

"Since the mid-1990s, the release of GMOs into the environment and the marketing of foods derived from GM crops has resulted in a scientific and public debate. Despite the potential benefits of the application of genetic engineering in agriculture in order to improve the quality and the reliability of the food supply, since the beginning, public and scientific concerns have been raised in many parts of the world about environmental and food safety of GM crops." (quoted from Buiatti et al, 2013)