Business News of Sunday, 27 January 2013 Despite a slight
decline between 2009 and 2010, since 1999 the global land area
farmed organically, has expanded more than threefold to 37
million hectares, according to a new research conducted by the
Worldwatch Institute. Regions with the largest certified organic
agricultural land in 2010 were Oceania, including Australia, New
Zealand, and Pacific Island nations (12.1 million hectares);
Europe (10 million hectares); and Latin America (8.4 million
hectares. New Worldwatch Institute report entitled: “Achieving a
Sustainable Food System with Organic Farming,” which was made
available to the Ghana News Agency at the weekend, examines the
growth of global organic agricultural practices and their impact
on food security and the environment. It says organic farming is
now established in international standards, and 84 countries had
implemented organic regulations by 2010, up from 74 countries in
2009. Definitions vary, but according to the International
Federation of Organ