Review of History and Recent Development of Organic Farming Worldwide

作     者：MA Shi-ming Joachim Sauerborn 

作者机构：Institute for Agro-Environment and Sustainable Development Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Beijing 100081 P.R.China Centre for Agriculture in the Tropics ＆ Subtropics University of Hohenheim Stuttgart 70593 Germany 

出 版 物：《Agricultural Sciences in China》 (中国农业科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2006年第5卷第3期

页      面：169-178页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 09[农学] 0901[农学-作物学] 0902[农学-园艺学] 

主　　题：organic farming organic product review of history development status 

摘      要：The history of the organic farming worldwide was reviewed in this paper. The development of the organic farming worldwide had gone through three stages, emergence, expansion, and growth. The contributors and their thoughts during the different development stages of the organic farming were briefly introduced. And the development status of the organic farming worldwide was reviewed from the aspects of land area under organic management, land area under organic management in percentage of total agricultural area, and world markets for organic products. Besides, the main existing problems for the further development of the world＇s organic farming, as well as the development status, problems and strategies of the Chinese organic farming were discussed.