This report was prepared by the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate (TAD), under the leadership of Marion Jansen (Director), Julia Nielson (Deputy Director) and Guillaume Gruère (Head of the Agriculture and Resource Policies Division). Preparation of the review was led by Dalila Cervantes Godoy, who is the main author, together with Sophia Oakes. Florence Bossard carried out parts of the statistical work. Editing and publication support was provided by Martina Abderrahmane and Hilary Gaboriau. Background reports and information were provided by the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI) of Peru, as well as by Carolina Trivelli, Gabriela Carbajal, Alvaro Espinoza, Blanca Arce, Elin Roberts, and Neil Murtagh. The authors are grateful for the comments received from TAD colleagues Claire Delpeuch, Martin Von Lampe, Hugo Valin, Mercedes Campi, Celine Giner, Juan David Saenz Henao, Eszter Palotai, Francisco Pereira Fontes, Ada Ignaciuk, Alonso González Marentis, Elisabeth Van Lieshout, Evdokia Moise; as well as from colleagues from other OECD directorates: Paula Garda (Economics Department), Michel Koelle (Economics Department), Edward Perry (Environment Directorate), Molly Lesher (Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation), Alexia Gonzalez Fanfalone (Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation), and Julien Dupont (Statistics and Data Directorate), Gandia Robertson (Directorate for Legal Affairs), Santiago Menendez Menendez (Directorate for Legal Affairs), Ignacio Mansilla (Directorate for Legal Affairs), Camille Villeneuve (Directorate for Legal Affairs). Delegations from Sweden and Chile played an important role as peer reviewers of the study. Delegates of the Committee for Agriculture also provided valuable feedback.
The review is the result of close co-operation between the OECD and MIDAGRI under the leadership of the Minister of Agriculture Felipe César Meza Millán, the Vice Minister of Agriculture Jorge Luis Saenz Rabanal and the former Vice Minister of Agriculture Carmen Inés Vegas Guerrero. The OECD team wishes to express its appreciation to the technical team in Lima, which was composed of Bruno José Bocchio Nieves (Policy and Norms General Director), Monica Isabel Loayza Pinedo (former Policy and Norms Area specialist), Cesar Ricardo Santiestaban Pérez (Statistics and Policy Evaluation General Director), Javier Paredes (statistics and domestic markets specialist), Elar Sifuentes Montes (agricultural statistics specialist), Alexander Galiano (livestock statistics specialist), Dayana Aquino Inga (budget specialist), Rosita Espinoza (budget specialist) Bertha Rodríguez Jara (economist, National Accounts Direction, INEI), and Iván Mena Alberca (Financing Director of Agrobanco), and many other government officials who contributed to the report.
The OECD team also extends its gratitude to the many representatives from ministries and government agencies, as well as stakeholders, including farmers, academics, experts, etc., who participated in the OECD mission conducted in May-June 2024 and generously shared comments and information. The authors also thank the OECD Accession Coordinators at the Peruvian Embassy in France for their engagement and support over the course of the review, Ambassador Ana Rosa Valdivieso, Permanent Representative of Peru to the International Economic Organisations based in Paris; Minister Luis Mayaute Vargas, Minister Gerald Pajuelo Ponce, and specialist Pierina Gonzales Dulanto.