There are currently big differences between the EU countries in terms of the proportion of land devoted to organic farming. Now the expansion should make significant progress.
The EU countries want to promote a significant expansion of organic agriculture. The agriculture ministries of the EU countries agreed on Monday on conclusions which, among other things, stipulate that a quarter of the agricultural area in the EU should be used for organic farming by 2030.
The EU Commission had already proposed a corresponding action plan with this goal in the spring, and the EU countries have now officially welcomed it.
For the Federal Republic there would be additional impulses for a national action plan, it was said by the German side during the meeting. The declared goal of the federal government is 20 percent by 2030. She sees great potential in areas such as daycare centers, schools and hospitals, said State Secretary Beate Kasch, who represented Federal Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner (CDU) at the ministerial meeting. More organic products could be used there. According to the latest figures from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the proportion of organic farming – measured in terms of area – was 10.3 percent last year.
There are currently major differences in the proportion of organic agricultural land in the EU countries: According to Minister Elisabeth Köstinger, Austria has already exceeded the specified target with a share of 26 percent. According to data from the statistics agency Eurostat, Malta (0.5 percent) is at the bottom of the list, followed by Ireland (1.6) and Bulgaria (2.3). At that time, Germany was in the lower midfield with 7.7 percent. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture put the proportion for the end of 2019 at 9.7 percent.
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