Brussels, 02/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - Figures date back to 2002 and only concern the 15-member EU, but they do clearly show that organic farming is gaining ground although it does not yet cover more than 4% of the used agricultural area (UAA). According to Eurostat, the total surface area devoted to organic farming in the EU15, either totally reconverted or in the process of being so, increased from 2.3 million hectares in 1998 to 4.9 million hectares in 2002. It represented 3.8% of the...