During the Conference it was pointed out that the area devoted to organic farming or in the process of conversion to organic farming had increased from around 900 000 hectares in 1993 to approximately 2.9 million hectares in 1998.
Con motivo de dicha reunión se comprobó que la superficie cultivada de manera ecológica o en fase de conversión hacia la agri­cultura ecológica ha aumentado, pasando de unas 900 000 hectáreas en 1993 a, aproximadamente, 2,9 millones en 1998.