Greece is increasingly adopting organic farming, in line with European goals, with the amount of farmland classed as organic nearly tripled between 2014 and 2022, according to ministry figures, from 362,825 hectares in 2014 to 924,852 hectares in 2022, ANA reports.
The European Union’s target is for 25% of farming land to be cultivated using organic methods by 2030 while it is also pushing for more organic fish farming.
In a statement concerning European Organic Day on September 23, Rural Development and Food Minister Kostas Tsiaras told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency that the day was an opportunity to repeat the ministry’s support for organic products and organic farmers.
“Organic farming in agriculture, livestock breeding, fish farming, and bee-keeping could be called a return to nature and purity. It also, however, stands for common sense in production as it is a strong element in boosting primary sector entrepreneurship,” he said.
Ministry figures showed that there are now 2.8 million heads of livestock and poultry classed as organic, of which 67.3% are sheep, 19.6% are goats, 6.6% are chickens, 6.4% are cows, and 0.1% are pigs.
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