Organic World

What Organic World does

Organic World (organic-world.net) is a statistics portal operated by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, a Swiss non-profit research institute headquartered in Frick, Switzerland and founded in 1973. The portal is the primary public interface for the annual FiBL global survey on organic agriculture and publishes, jointly with IFOAM - Organics International, the long-running yearbook "The World of Organic Agriculture," which has been issued every year since 2000 and most recently launched at BIOFACH 2026. The platform's core products are the yearbook (print and PDF), the interactive Statistics.FiBL.org online database, and downloadable PowerPoint infographics available in English, German, and French; together these cover organic farmland area, operators, international trade, and retail sales across more than 170 countries, with the 2024 dataset showing 99 million hectares of global organic farmland.

The underlying technology is described as a data portal and publication platform for global organic agriculture statistics, with no proprietary AI, API, or SDK components disclosed. Content production relies on a small named team coordinated by editor Helga Willer, with web design and implementation handled in-house, and on a distributed network of national data experts contributing to the annual FiBL survey. The organization is independent, non-profit, and not owned by a parent company; its activity is governed operationally through partnerships with IFOAM - Organics International (joint publication), NürnbergMesse / BIOFACH (annual launch venue since 2000), the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO and the International Trade Centre ITC (long-term financial support since 2008), and the Coop Sustainability Fund.

Commercial revenue is narrowly scoped to yearbook sales priced at EUR 50 (standard print) and EUR 25 (IFOAM members), distributed through FiBL Shop, Organic Eprints, and the IFOAM Bookstore. The dominant funding model is therefore institutional grant support rather than commercial sales, and no headcount, operating budget, or revenue figure is disclosed. Customer reach is global and distributed across academic researchers, policy makers, organic industry professionals, and national data contributors, with no named enterprise customers and no revenue concentration risk.

Name

Organic World

Legal name

Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL

Website

https://organic-world.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Organic World (organic-world.net) is a Swiss non-profit FiBL-operated statistics portal publishing annual global organic agriculture data from 170+ countries via a yearbook, interactive database, and multilingual infographics, serving researchers, policymakers, and organic sector stakeholders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Publication sales: The yearbook 'The World of Organic Agriculture' is sold as printed copies and downloadable PDFs through the FiBL Shop and Organic Eprints archive. Pricing noted at 50 euros plus postage for standard purchases, with reduced pricing of 25 euros for IFOAM members.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Organic World is a statistics portal operated by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in cooperation with IFOAM - Organics International. It publishes the annual yearbook "The World of Organic Agriculture" and provides an interactive online database, data tables, and infographics covering global organic farmland, operators, international trade, and retail sales statistics collected from experts in more than 170 countries.

Product overview

Organic-World.net is a statistics portal operated by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in collaboration with IFOAM - Organics International. The platform provides key data and results from the global survey on organic agriculture. The core offering consists of the annual yearbook 'The World of Organic Agriculture' (published since 2000), supplemented by an interactive online database at Statistics.FiBL.org, downloadable infographics and presentations, and data tables covering organic farmland, operators, international trade, and retail sales across more than 170 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The World of Organic Agriculture (Yearbook) Annual publication documenting global organic agriculture statistics, market data, regional developments, and trends. Published jointly by FiBL and IFOAM - Organics International since 2000 and sold through the FiBL Shop and Organic Eprints archive.
• Statistics.FiBL.org Online Database Interactive online database providing data tables and visualizations on organic agriculture worldwide, including area, operators, international trade, and retail sales data.
• Organic Agriculture Infographics PowerPoint presentations containing infographics on organic agriculture statistics, available in English, German, and French, covering key indicators and trends.

Quantifiable outcome

• Data collected from over 170 countries on organic farming statistics

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• IFOAM - Organics InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint publication partner for 'The World of Organic Agriculture' yearbook. IFOAM is the patron of BIOFACH and collaborates with FiBL on data collection and publishing the annual statistics on global organic agriculture.
• FiBL (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFiBL maintains the organic-world.net website and conducts the annual global survey on organic agriculture. The organization collects and publishes comprehensive organic farming statistics in cooperation with IFOAM and partners worldwide.
• NürnbergMesse / BIOFACHflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerNürnbergMesse has supported the survey and yearbook since 2000. BIOFACH is where the latest global organic figures have been presented annually since 2000.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• IFOAM - Organics International: Global umbrella organization for the organic agriculture movement that jointly publishes the yearbook with Organic World. Comparable because it is a coordinating, data-collecting and policy-shaping entity serving the same organic agriculture stakeholder community.
• Ecovia Intelligence: Specialist market research firm publishing global market data on organic and sustainable products. Directly comparable because it operates in the same niche of compiling and commercializing organic agriculture statistics for industry and policy use, and is referenced as a presenter alongside Organic World at BIOFACH.

Broad incumbents

• Eurostat: Official EU statistical office publishing agricultural statistics including organic farm and market data. Comparable because it covers overlapping organic statistics for the European market with similar researcher and policymaker users, though as part of a far wider statistical portfolio.
• USDA Organic / NASS: US Department of Agriculture agency publishing official US organic farming and market statistics. Comparable as a national-level publisher of organic agriculture data feeding into global research and policy discussions.
• FAO Statistics (Food and Agriculture Organization): UN agency publishing official global agricultural statistics including organic-relevant data. Comparable because it serves overlapping policy and research audiences with agriculture datasets, but on a much broader mandate that includes rather than specializes in organic agriculture.

Others

• Organic Eprints: Open-access archive for organic agriculture research outputs that hosts the digital edition of Organic World's yearbook. Comparable as an enabling distribution platform for organic sector research, statistics and publications.
• FiBL Germany (FiBL DE): German affiliate of the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), directly involved in website implementation and data collection for Organic World. Comparable as a sibling organization sharing methodology and contributing to the same global organic survey.

Regional players

• Agence Bio: French national agency for organic agriculture that publishes detailed market and production data and presents at BIOFACH alongside Organic World. Comparable as a regional organic data publisher and contributor to the FiBL global survey network.
• Soil Association: UK-based organic sector organization that publishes UK organic market data and presents at BIOFACH. Comparable as an organic certification and data-publishing body contributing country-level data to global organic statistics.
• Agricultural Market Information Company (AMI): German market information company covering agricultural markets including organic, presenting at BIOFACH on the German organic market. Comparable as a regional organic market data provider serving overlapping trade and policy audiences.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/organic-world

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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