Spain plans to invest €36 million by 2010 in order to expand organic farming. 
The plan initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture involves several administrative and professional bodies in the organic farming sector. 

It lays down three objectives: the expansion of organic production, a rise in domestic consumption (currently 70% of organic production is exported) thanks to information and marketing campaigns, and finally improvements in cooperation between the institutions and the management funds.
- Biofach newsletter – March 9, 2007.

The largest university in the Philippines, Benguet State University, is set to become a certification body for organic products.
The university is already involved in the agrobiology sector by offering training, developing processing technology and assisting in the expansion of the organic market.
- Biofach newsletter – March 9, 2007.

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- University of Benguet State, Philippines

In Romania, the land area devoted to organic farming now accounts for almost 1% of the UAA, or a total of 160,000 ha in 2006.  This organically farmed land area has grown tenfold in just six years, and according to the president of the FNAE (National Federation of Ecological Agriculture) created in 2000, the surface area could reach 10 to 15% of the UAA within a decade or so.  The farms are small in size.
> Source : Biofil — March/April 2007 — p 21.

The demand for organic apple varieties which are resistant to rust and mildew has encouraged the retailer Waitrose and the company Fruition to introduce and test new varieties in the United Kingdom. 
More than 800 trees will be planted this spring on 22 farms supplying the group. 
Among the varieties tested, two are of particular interest: the French Juliet variety and the Belgian Zari variety. Waitrose has already been granted exclusivity for Zari.
> Freshinfo– April 6, 2006.

83% of the Fresh Info readers who took part in the online survey felt that the agricultural and food industry is not sufficiently committed to eliminating excess packaging. Several readers suggested that the good practices already used in several other countries should be adopted.  They mentioned Australia, where consumers go shopping with reusable bags, or Switzerland where most products are sold loose  (the high taxes levied on dustbin bags which can only be obtained from the town hall has encouraged distributors to offer products loose).  In South Africa, plastic bags are heavily taxed.  In Hong Kong, supermarkets offer a discount to customers who bring their own bags.

- Freshinfo – April 14, 2006.