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Data on O rganic Agriculture in Tunisia Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, CH-Frick, May 1, 2012. Compiled in the framework of the annual survey on organic agriculture world-wide, carried out by FIBL, in cooperation with IFOAM.
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Data on Organic Agriculture in TunisiaResearch Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, CH-Frick, May 1, 2012 Compiled in the framework of the annual survey on organic agriculture world-wide, carried out by FIBL, in cooperation with IFOAM. Funded by the International Trade Centre ITC, the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and NürnbergMesse Contact: Helga Willer, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, FiBL, Frick, Switzerland, helga.willer@fibl.org
Tunisia: Key facts • Organicagriculturalland: 175’000 hectares • Share of total agriculturalland: 1.8 percent (rank 3 in Africa, rank 45 worldwide) • Growth 2009-2010: + 5 % • Total production in metrictons: 165’888 • Total exports in metrictons: 12’225 • Total exportvalue 2009: 55 million Dinar • Key exportproducts: Olive oilanddates • Most dataareavailableat http://www.ctab.nat.tn/ang/defaultan.php?p=situation_ang
Tunisia: Development oforganicagriculturalland 1999-2010 Source: Data 1999-2003: Varioussources; 2004-2010: CTAB/MinistryofAgriculture
Tunisia: Development oforganicproductionandexport2002-2010 Source: General DirectionofOrganicAgriculture
Tunisia: Development ofexportsbyproduct 2007-2009 Source: General DirectionofOrganicAgriculture
Tunisia: Development ofexportvalue2007-2010 Source: General DirectionofOrganicAgriculture
Tunisia: Agricultural land and wild collection areas • Agricultural land: 0.18 million hectares in 2010 • Wild collection: 0.23 million hectares in 2010 (for the wild collection area no details on the products collected are available). Source: General Direction of Organic Agriculture 2011
Tunisia: Useoforganicagriculturalland 2010 (total: 0.175 millionhectares) Source: General Direction of Organic Agriculture 2011
Further information • Further reading • Kilcher, Lukas and Samia MaamerBelkhira: Tunisa: Country Report. In: Willer/Kilcher (Eds.): The World ofOrganicAgriculture 2011. FiBL & IFOAM, Frick and Bonn • Contactforthispresentation • Helga Willer, Research Institute ofOrganicAgricultureFiBL, Frick, Switzerland, helga.willer@fibl.org, www.fibl.org • Links • www.ctab.nat.tn: Website oftheCentreTechnique de l’agriculturebiologique • www.organic-world.net: FiBL web portalwithinformation on organicagricultureworldwide