This review was prepared by Shingo Kimura and Makiko Shigemitsu. Urszula Ziebinska, Martina Abderrahmane, Masahiro Takano, Karine Souvanheuane, Florence Bossard and Noura Takrouri Jolly provided statistical support. Martina Abderrahmane, Michèle Patterson and Misha Pinkhasov provided editorial assistance and prepared the report for publication. OECD country reviews on innovation, productivity and sustainability in agriculture are led by Catherine Moreddu. Frank van Tongeren provided overall management.
The inputs to this review included several background reports by national experts: on agricultural policy by Fumihiro Kabuta of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (currently Nakamura Gakuen University); on agricultural R&D system by Masayasu Asai of the Policy Research Institute of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; and on skills and human resource development policy by Tomohiro Uchiyama of the Tokyo University of Agriculture.
Valuable comments from OECD colleagues were greatly appreciated including those from Ken Ash, Carmel Cahill, Frank Van Tongeren, Catherine Moreddu, Guillaume Gruère, Jesús Anton and Charles Cadestin. This report has benefitted from comments by Mikitaro Shobayashi of Gakushuin Women’s College.
The OECD is grateful for the assistance in the implementation of this project and the valuable comments received from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan and the Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD. The OECD would also like to thank the experts and stakeholders in Japan for providing information and constructive comments during OECD missions to Japan.
This review was declassified by the Working Party on Agricultural Policies and Markets in March 2019.