In 2017, the organic acreage worldwide reached a record high level, with 70 million hectares; 20% more than in the previous year, according to the statistical yearbook "The organic world: Farming". The report, prepared by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (Ifoam) and the Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL), has been released within the framework of the Biofach organic food fair, held in Nuremberg, Germany. Based on data from late 2017, the world market for organic products has reached a value of 90,000 million Euro. The United States is in the lead, with 40,000 million Euro, and is followed by Germany (10,000 million), France (7,900 million) and China (7,600 million). Looking at per capita spending, the study points to Switzerland as the leader, with 288 Euro per person. Denmark has the largest market share for bio products (13.3% of the total), while India has the largest number of producers (835,200 of the 2.9 million that were accounted for worldwide in 2017). Lastly, in terms of acreage, Australia leads the ranking with 35.6 million hectares, followed by Argentina (3.4 million hectares) and China (3 million hectares). Soucre - https://www.freshplaza.com