In 2008, the area of land dedicated to organic production in Spain increased by 330,000ha, or 33 per cent, according to the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture.
Spain now boasts more than 1.3m ha of organic land, making it the country with the most organic land in Europe.
The region of Andalusia has almost 800,000ha of organic land, over half the country's entire organic area.
In addition, the number of producers increased by 17 per cent to some 21,291.
