Organic farming

In this section you'll find all the useful information you need about organic farming and its players, as well as legal and technical tools and benchmarks for professionals involved, or about to be involved, in organic farming.

What is organic farming?
Organic farming for professionals
Organic news

What is organic farming?

Organic agriculture (AB) is a production method that combines optimal environmental practices, respect for biodiversity, the preservation of natural resources and the assurance of a high level of animal welfare.

Throughout the supply chain, operators engaged in organic production and processing comply with a rigorous set of specificationsthat favor non-polluting, ecosystem- and animal-friendly processes.

It's also a production method that excludes the use of GMOs and limits the use of inputs, favoring the use of natural and renewable resources within locally organized agricultural systems, and strictly restricting the use of synthetic chemicals.

Les logos de l'Agriculture biologique : à gauche, le logo national "AB", à droite le logo européen "Eurofeuille".

In short, organic farming means

a system of sustainable managementfor agriculture
a wide variety of quality agricultural and food products
a source of innovationsfor agriculture, in an agro-ecological

approach.

Learn more about organic farming

On these pages you'll find all the information you need to better understand organic farming, the role of the INAO, and the various players working to develop it.

Comment reconnaitre un produit bio ?

Les chiffres-clés de l'agriculture biologique en France et en Europe

Le rôle de l'INAO dans l'agriculture biologique

Les autres acteurs de l'Agriculture biologique

Key facts about organic farming

Organic farming for professionals

Going organic: how do you get started?

Operators (producers, processors, importers), restaurateurs, importers... Find out everything you need to know to commit to Organic Agriculture.

Find out everything you need to know about the steps involved in going organic

Organic production, processing and distribution: what rules apply?

In organic farming, one set of regulations applies throughout the European Union. Regulation (EU) 2018/848 and its implementing texts specify all the provisions to be complied with.

The regulatory framework

Tools and practical guides for applying the regulations

Derogations

Guaranteeing product conformity: what are the control and certification procedures?

All operators are inspected at least once a year by their certification body. Some operators are inspected several times a year, based on the risk analysis carried out without prior notice by their certification body. Operators benefiting from derogations are also subject to specific or reinforced control measures.

The activity of certifying bodies is itself regularly controlled by INAO services.

Discover organic control and certification procedures

All the information for professionals