In 2021, the global organic market will reach $ 140 billion and grow by 12%.
The «covid» period spurred the demand for organic matter: people began to care more about their health and want to eat healthy and safe food.
All over the world there are more and more adherents of a healthy lifestyle.
The residents of the United States are in the lead in this direction: the country accounts for 50% of the world market for organic products.
Next come the EU countries with a share of 35% and China — about 10%.
Due to the growing population and the desire to increase production volumes, a large number of new technologies have appeared in the world: more active use of fertilizers, GMO seeds, growth hormones, antibiotics.
All this made it possible to significantly increase production volumes, reduce costs and make food products more accessible to a wide group of people.
In return, humanity received health problems: obesity, cancer, diabetes, heart and vascular problems, antibiotic resistance.
We add global environmental problems to this list and get a disappointing conclusion: in an effort to feed himself, a person poisons himself.
It is not surprising that against the background of the epidemic that swept the whole world in 2020-2021. the demand for organic products not only did not decrease, but increased significantly.
The problem is that restructuring organic production is capital intensive and time consuming.
There is also a shortage of «clean» farmland.
Russia has every chance of becoming one of the key players in this market.
Oddly enough, the “plus” here is played by some lag in the industry in previous periods: moderate intensity of agriculture and limited use of fertilizers.
The area of land suitable for organic use in Russia is 10-12 million hectares, and the amount of fertilizers and pesticides used is 8 and 16 times less, respectively, than in the EU.
All this creates favorable conditions for a faster transition to «green» production, import substitution and export.
The highest development potential is possessed by cereals, oilseeds and leguminous crops, which are actively exported abroad and a high proportion of competitive peasant farms.
In Russia, the market for organic products in 2021 may reach more than 12 billion rubles.
The volume of supplies abroad is still 20 million euros, and by 2025 this figure may be increased tenfold.
