This report was prepared by the Trade and Agriculture Directorate of the OECD with the active participation of countries included in this report. The following people from the OECD Secretariat contributed to the preparation of this report: Martin von Lampe (project leader), Václav Vojtech (co-ordinator), Jesús Antón, Ken Ash, Morvarid Bagherzadeh, Florence Bossard, Carmel Cahill, Dalila Cervantes-Godoy, Dimitris Diakosavvas, Emily Gray, Jared Greenville, Guillaume Gruère, Santiago Guerrero, Ben Henderson, Kentaro Kawasaki, Joanna Ilicic-Komorowska, Shingo Kimura, Jussi Lankoski, Catherine Moreddu, Laura Munro, Véronique de Saint-Martin, Silvia Sorescu, Karine Souvanheuane, Noura Takrouri-Jolly, Clara Thompson-Lipponen and Frank van Tongeren. Statistical and technical assistance was provided by the Technical Team: Joanna Ilicic-Komorowska (co-ordinator), Florence Bossard, Frano Ilicic, Clarisse Legendre, Karine Souvanheuane, Noura Takrouri-Jolly and Urszula Ziebinska. Administrative and editing services were provided by Martina Abderrahmane.
The following experts from Emerging Economies also contributed to this report: China – Cheng Guoqiang (Distinguished Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University), Zhu Mande (Guizhou University) and Yu Wen (Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences); Kazakhstan – Ruslan Syzdykov (Analytical Centre for Economic Policy in the Agricultural Sector, ACEPAS); the Philippines – Tisha Pia E. Dela Rosa, Frances Kaye, Anne Adao and Katrin Mares (Department of Agriculture), Eduardo Sanguyo and Guadalupe Montes-Erfe (Philippine Statistical Authority); Russian Federation – Olga Melyukhina; South Africa – David Spies (North-West University, Potchefstroom); Ukraine – Vitaliy Zhygadlo; Viet Nam – Hieu Phan Sy (Center for Informatics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, MARD), and Tran Dai Nghia, Vũ Huy Phúc and Tran Cong Thang (Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development, MARD).