The organic sector

The significant growth of the productive sector in recent years has created the conditions for the processing industry to increase and consolidate, allowing added value to be obtained from productions that already have it due to their productive characteristics. Lleida is the province with the largest area registered under organic farming, and Barcelona is the province with the most processing industries. 

Organic agricultural production is a system of production and processing of agricultural products whose objective is to obtain food of maximum quality, respecting the environment and without using synthetic chemical products (hormones, herbicides, chemical fertilisers or pesticides, among others). 
 
The organic agri-food production sector has a very important export marketing projection, especially in highly demanding markets concerned with issues related to environmental preservation, health and food safety. 

Companies stand out for their innovative capacity and commercial dynamism, which leads them to market a large part of their production in foreign markets, mainly European.