This review was prepared by Shingo Kimura with a contribution by Dimitris Diakosavvas and Guillaume Gruère, Urszula Ziebinska, Karine Souvanheuane, Véronique De Saint Martin, Zeynep Oral and Masahiro Takano provided statistical support. Maurice O’Brien provided editorial assistance. Martina Abderrahmane prepared the report for publication and co-ordinated its production. OECD country reviews on Innovation, productivity and sustainability in agriculture are led by Catherine Moreddu. Frank van Tongeren, Head of Policies in Trade and Agriculture division, provided overall management.
The inputs to this review also included background report by Myoungki Lee and Jeonghoi Heo of KREI on agricultural innovation system. Jae-hoon Sung of KREI also privided the analysis of farm size distribution and productivity measurement. The inputs to this review also included the consultant reports: on the competitiveness of the food industry by Byeong-il Ahn and Mi-Ra Choi of Korea University; on macroeconomic and land policy by Jeong-Bin Im of Seoul National University; on education policy by Jinchul Jeong of Seoul National University; on labour policy by Kyu-yong Lee of the Korea Labour Institute; on tax and social security policy by Myungheon Lee of Incheon National University; on trade and investment policy by Song-Soo Lim of Korea University; on financial market policy by Sang-Taek Seo of Chungbuk National University; and on environmental performance of agriculture, environmental regulation, water policy and agri-environmental policy by Oh Sang Kwon of Seoul National University. The review also draws on OECD analyses in other economic and social policy fields, and uses cross-country comparable indicators developed by the OECD and other international institutions, such as the World Bank and the World Economic Forum.
This report has benefitted from comments from Il-Jeong Jeong, Kyungmee Kim, Namgeun Song and Wonsup Yoon (MAFRA), Hyunchul Jeong (APQA) and Minchul Kang (Permanent Delegation of Korea). It has also received valuable comments from Carmel Cahill, Frank Van Tongeren, Catherine Moreddu, Emily Gray and Jose Enrique Garcilazo (OECD). In-Ae Yi and Seung-Min Park (MAFRA), Jeonghoi Heo, Hanpil Moon and Sungmin Cheu (KREI), Woo Seok Jeon (EPIS) and Marina Giacalone-Belkadi (OECD) provided valuable support in implementing the project.
This review was declassified by the Working Party on Agricultural Policies and Markets in May 2018.