1. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau Data on Organic Agriculture in Tunisia Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, CH-Frick, May 1, 2012 Compiled in the framework of the annual survey on organic agriculture world-wide, carried out by FIBL, in cooperation with IFOAM. Funded by the International Trade Centre ITC, the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and Nürnberg Messe Contact: Helga Willer, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, FiBL, Frick, Switzerland, helga.willer@fibl.orghelga.willer@fibl.org

2. www.fibl.org Tunisia: Key facts › Organic agricultural land: 175’000 hectares › Share of total agricultural land: 1.8 percent (rank 3 in Africa, rank 45 worldwide) › Growth 2009-2010: + 5 % › Total production in metric tons: 165’888 › Total exports in metric tons: 12’225 › Total export value 2009: 55 million Dinar › Key export products: Olive oil and dates › Most data are available at http://www.ctab.nat.tn/ang/defaultan.php?p=situation _ang 2

3. www.fibl.org Tunisia: Development of organic agricultural land 1999-2010 Source: Data 1999-2003: Various sources; 2004-2010: CTAB/Ministry of Agriculture

4. www.fibl.org Tunisia: Development of organic production and export 2002-2010 Source: General Direction of Organic Agriculture

5. www.fibl.org Tunisia: Development of exports by product 2007-2009 5 Source: General Direction of Organic Agriculture

6. www.fibl.org Tunisia: Development of export value 2007-2010 6 Source: General Direction of Organic Agriculture

7. www.fibl.org Tunisia: Agricultural land and wild collection areas › Agricultural land: 0.18 million hectares in 2010 › Wild collection: 0.23 million hectares in 2010 (for the wild collection area no details on the products collected are available). Source: General Direction of Organic Agriculture 2011

8. www.fibl.org Tunisia: Use of organic agricultural land 2010 (total: 0.175 million hectares) Source: General Direction of Organic Agriculture 2011

9. www.fibl.org Further information › Further reading › Kilcher, Lukas and Samia Maamer Belkhira: Tunisa: Country Report. In: Willer/Kilcher (Eds.): The World of Organic Agriculture 2011. FiBL & IFOAM, Frick and Bonn › Contact for this presentation › Helga Willer, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland, helga.willer@fibl.org, www.fibl.org helga.willer@fibl.org › Links › www.ctab.nat.tn: Website of the Centre Technique de l’agriculture biologique www.ctab.nat.tn › www.organic-world.net: FiBL web portal with information on organic agriculture worldwide www.organic-world.net