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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Nimrod Israely" I am aware that due to objective reasons, most of the world's farmers live in poverty, unable to recover from their situation. Poverty is so great and unbelievable extended that trying to improve their income by 'just a little' or having them 'enough to survive' is simply not the solution. What is needed is a long-term solution, which requires deep state-level structural changes. But, can the income be increased even before such (long term) structural changes have taken place? Is raising income limited to a few percents per year, or can it be more than that? Is it possible to increase income by tens of percent, or even hundreds of percent in a year or two?"

John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Organic, Agriculture Global, Ag Global Specialty Food,

globalagriculture.org "Organic farming is on the rise across the globe. A total of 71.5 million hectares were farmed organically at the end of 2018, representing a growth of 2 million hectares or almost 3% compared to the previous year. These are the latest figures of “The World of Organic Agriculture” published by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM – Organics International. The report collects data on 186 countries with organic farming activities. Australia has the largest area farmed organically with 35.7 million hectares, followed by Argentina with 3.6 million hectares and China with 3.1 million hectares. Due to the large organic area in Australia, almost half of the global organic agricultural land (36 million hectares) is in Oceania, followed by Europe with 22% or 15.6 million hectares and Latin America with a share of 11% or 8 million hectares."

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