3FOOD

Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group
Increasing Biologique / Organic Products
A 2011 Regional Report on Sustainability prepared by the Lycée Technique Agricole and Dairy
Management, with the support of the government of Luxembourg, provides some helpful data,
even if somewhat dated (2008). One economic indicator of merit is the estimate of land
productivity at 919 € Gross Value Added (GVA) per ha, presumably 2008 (but purportedly
declining in recent years).
Milk is reported as Luxembourg’s main farm product, comprising one-third of agricultural
production’s total value. At that time, there were roughly 860 milk-producing farms, accounting
for two-thirds of Luxembourg’s total agricultural land area. More than half of milk production is
shipped out of the country. Currently, less than 1 percent of milk is organic (lait biologique), or
2,300 tonnes out of 317,000 tonnes of milk production in 2014.
Most dairy farms include arable crops and meat production. Three-fourths of dairy farms derive
roughly two-thirds of their total gross product from milk. There has been a yearly decline of
3.7% in the number of dairy farms. Automatic milking is practiced by 10% of the farms and it is
increasing fast. 159
Organic Farming & Consumer-Supported Agriculture (CSA)
According to 2012 statistics from IFOAM, the organic market in Luxembourg had €75 million in
retail sales. In 2013, there were 115 organic farmers in Luxembourg, operating on 4,145
hectares. There are an additional 77 processing and 5 import companies marketing organic
products. All of this occurs under the 'Bio-Lëtzebuerg — Vereenegung fir Bio-Landwirtschaft
Lëtzebuerg A.S.B.L. label (Union for Organic Agriculture Luxembourg).
159 Lycée Technique Agricole (2011) Evaluation de la durabilité régionale agricole au Luxembourg, by Jeff Boonen et
al., in collaboration with Dairy Management (Dairyman),
http://www.interregdairyman.eu/en/dairyman/regions/Luxembourg.htm.
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