(May 24) Today in São Paulo started the 8th edition of “Brazil Bio”, annual International Trade Fair of Organic Products and Agroecology, a point of reference for this sector in South America. The attention from public and private operators to organic production has grown in recent years thanks to the partnership between the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and Federbio, which in 2009 have concluded an agreement aimed at promoting awareness on quality of organic food and on the supply capacity of Italian products on foreign markets. Thanks to this collaboration, Italy is present at Brazil Bio with nine companies: Agricola Belvedere Sac, Azienda Vitivinicola Biologica Zuffa, Igfe Food Srl, Progeo Società Cooperativa Agricola, Rispoli Luigi & C., Società Agraria La Raia s.s., Terra Musa di Moreno Musaragno, Terra Sana Abruzzo e The Bridge Srl. According to the latest FiBL-IFOAM survey on certified organic agriculture worldwide, there are 37 million hectares of organic agricultural land in 160 countries. The regions with the largest areas of organic agricultural land are Oceania (12.1 million hectares), Europe (10 million hectares), and Latin America (8.4 million hectares). The countries with the most organic agricultural land are Australia, Argentina, and the United States. Italy, with 1.11 million hectares, is the Erupean country with the second largest organic agricultural area, preceded by Spain and followed by Germany. In Brazil, ICE and Federbio organized for the exhibitors a seminar about problems and prospects of organic farming of development of the marketing of the marketing of Italian organic products in Brazil. (Red)
