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Table 163. Organic farming in Asia and the Pacific*


Country

Total land area (1000 ha)

Arable and permanent crops land (1000 ha)

Number of organic farms reported

Land area under organic management (ha)

Percent of total agricultural area

Year of data

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES








SOUTHEAST ASIA







1.

Cambodia

18 104

3 807





2.

Indonesia

190 457

33 546

45 000

40 000

0.09

2001

3.

Lao PDR

23 680

958


150


2001

4.

Malaysia

32 975

7 605

27

131


2001

5.

Myanmar

67 658

10 495





6.

Philippines

30 000

10 050

500


0.02

2001

7.

Thailand

51 312

18 000

940

3 429

0.02

2001

8.

Viet Nam

33 169

7 350

38

2


2001


SOUTH ASIA







9.

Bangladesh

14 400

8 484





10.

Bhutan

4 700

160





11.

India

328 726

169 700

5 661

41 000

0.03

2001

12.

Maldives

30

3





13.

Nepal

14 718

2 968

26

45



14.

Pakistan

79 610

21 960

405

2 009

0.08

2001

15.

Sri Lanka

6 561

1 910

3 301

15 215

0.65

2001


CENTRAL ASIA







16.

Kazakhstan

272 490

21 671

20



1998

17.

Tajikistan

14 310

860





18.

Uzbekistan

44 740

4 850






OTHER ASIA







19.

China

959 805

135 557

2 910

301 295

0.06

2001

20.

DPR Korea

12 054

2 000





21.

Iran (Islamic Rep. of)

164 820

16 326





22.

Mongolia

156 650

1 176





23.

Rep.of Korea

9 926

1 919

1 237

902

0.05

1998


PACIFIC ISLANDS







24.

Cook Islands

23

7





25.

Fiji

1 827

285

10

200

0.04

2000

26.

Kiribati

73

37





27.

Marshall Islands







28.

Nauru

2






29.

Niue

26

7





30.

Palau

46

10





31.

Papua New Guinea

46 284

855


4 265

0.41

1995

32.

Samoa

284

122





33.

Solomon Islands

2 890

60





34.

Tonga

75

48





35.

Vanuatu

1 219

120





DEVELOPED COUNTRIES







36.

Australia

774 122

50 600

1 380

10 500 000

2.31

2001

37.

Japan

37 780

4 830


5 083

0.10

1999

38.

New Zealand

27 053

3 280

983

63 438

0.38

2001

WORLD

13 425 432

1 497 365

398 804

22 811 267



* Data on organic farms from publication of International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) The World of Organic Agriculture 2003, 5th, revised edition, February 2003: Minou Yussefi und Helga Willer (Eds.)


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