the dynamics of organically certified operators in romania between 2012 and 2014
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The Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania
The dynamics of organically certified operators in Romania between 2012 and 2014
December 3rd-4th 2015The International Conference“Global Economy Under Crisis”Constanta, Romania
PhD(c) Adina-Roxana [email protected]
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► Worldwide, the organic market value registered upward trends in the last years, with $ 63 billion in 2011 [1]
► The USA organic market surpasses $ 31 billion in 2011, growing by 9.5% since 2010 [2]
► The organic market in Europe reached € 21.5 billion in 2011, increasing 9% compared to 2010 [3]
► EU-27: 9.6 million ha cultivated organically in 2011, out of which 86% of which in EU-15 [3]► Increasing on average by 500.000 ha/year [3]
Brief overview of organic markets
Introduction
The organic market is expected to continue to grow!
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Data gathering Data analysis► Data gathering started in
2012► The source of data are:► the MARD website ►Websites of the
certification bodies► Overall, for the period of
2012 - 2014 over 41.000 organic certification (as pdf files) were collected and analysed.
► Data was centralised► Certificates were opened► Descriptive statistics► Samples were non-
probabilistic, chosen by criteria that made the best sense for the analysis
Methodological notes
Methodology
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The evolution of the organically cultivated land area in Romania
Source: MARD (2015, 2011)
► Rather scarce information on the Romanian organic market► A general trend of exporting raw materials (grains, honey) and
importing processed goods► Value of the organic market in Romania in 2010 is less than 1% ([4],[5])
Data analysis
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The evolution of the no. of organic operators in Romania between 2006-2014
Source: MARD (2015, 2011) for 2006 -2013; own calculation for 2014;
► Between 2010- 2011 there is an increase of more than 300% in the number of organic operators - a much less increase of 26% in the total area of organically cultivated land in the same period
► Between 2011 and 2012, the increase in the number of operators reached the level of 60% - the total area of organically cultivated land maintains the increase rhythm at 25%.
Data analysis
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List of the distribution of the no. of certificates issued by certification body
Source: Own calculations
► Ceres Happurg GMBH Sucursala Iernut România, the 3rd certification body by number of the organically certified operators
► Bio Cert Tradițional SRL –a new certification body is authorised by the MARD, but no data on certificates issued was available
Data analysis
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The geographical distribution of all organically certified operators in Romania in 2012-2014
Legend
2012 2013 2014
Data analysis
Source: own calculation
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The dynamics of the no. of organically certified operators by year of certification
Source: own calculation
► 3,699 of the organic operators in 2012 are not present in 2013 anymore
► In 2014, when 2,006 operators that were certified during 2012-2013 are not certified anymore
► a number of 2,577 new operators appear in 2013 and are still certified in 2014
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Migration of operators from specific certification bodies for the 2012-2014 period
Source: own calculation► Certorganic (RO-ECO-003) did not receive authorisation from the
MARD in 2014, the operators were forced to choose a different certification body if they wanted to continue to be certified.
► 137 of the 338 (40%) migrated to a different certification body
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[1] Sahota, A. (2013): The Global Market for Organic Food and Drink quoted in Willer, Lernoud an Kilcher (2013).
[2] Oganic Trade Association’s (OTA’s) 2012 Organic Industry Survey, quoted at http://www.organicnewsroom.com/2012/04/us_consumerdriven_organic_mark.html [accessed April 2014]
[3] Schaack, D., Lernoud, J., Padel, S., & Willer, H. (2013). The Organic Market in Europe 2011-Nine Percent Increase Compared with 2010. The World of Organic Agriculture-Statistics and Emerging Trends 2013, 224-229.
[4] Cult Market Research (2010) - Studiu de piaţă- Produse bio. [Market Study- Organic Products]– available at http://cultresearch.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/studiu-de-piata-%E2%80%93-produse-bio/
[5] InfoMina (2008) Piața Bio din România [Organic Market in Romania], available at http://www.infomina.ro/pdf/Despre%20piata%20BIO%20din%20Ro.pdf [accessed September 2015]
References
Date:
Author:
The Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania
The dynamics of organically certified operators in Romania between 2012 and 2014
December 3rd-4th 2015The International ConferenceGlobal Economy Under CrisisConstanta, Romania
PhD(c) Adina-Roxana [email protected]
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