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4% of all agricultural land in the EU used for organic farming in 2005

Luxemburg, 13/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - On the occasion of “Green Week 2007” (see EUROPE 9443), Eurostat has just published a report on organic agriculture within the EU. It appears that in 2005, the total surface area given over to organic farming represented 3.9% of the total utilised agricultural area of the Union of 25. The largest proportions in terms of area for organic farming were to be found in Austria (11%), Italy (8.4%), the Czech Republic and Greece (7.2% each) and the lowest...

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