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 report was led by Francesco Vanni in a project overseen by Jesús Antón. The authors of the report are Francesco Vanni (the main sections of Chapters 1 and 2, and Chapter 6), Jussi Lankoski (Chapter 3), Urszula Ziębińska (Chapter 4), Juan David Sáenz Henao (Chapter 5), and Adriana García Vargas (Sections 1.5 and 2.6). Daniela Rodríguez was in charge of the statistics for the report. Martina Abderrahmane, Michèle Patterson and Hilary Gaboriau provided editing and publication support. Riccardo Spada and Lorenzo Díez-Picazo (both formerly at the OECD) supported the team with background research. The authors are grateful for the comments and input received from TAD colleagues Mercedes Campi, Koen Deconinck, Céline Giner, Evdokia Moïsé, and Silvia Sorescu, as well as from Etienne Lepers (Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs), Ben Conigrave (Economics Department), Frithjof Laubinger, Eugene Mazur, Edward Perry and Katarina Svatikova (Environment Directorate), and from Krisztina Melinda Dobay (Romanian Academy) and Mark Redman (Highclere Consulting). Delegates of the Committee for Agriculture also provided valuable feedback.
The review is the result of close co‑operation between the OECD and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Romania. The OECD review team thanks all the staff across the Ministry who contributed to this work, and for their engagement with requests from the OECD Secretariat and their sharing of their insights and expertise. The team also extends its thanks to the officials of the OECD Accession Team within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their engagement and support throughout the review process.
The OECD team also wishes to express its appreciation to all the government officials and stakeholders that participated in the OECD fact-finding mission on 12-15 September 2023 for their valuable input and comments. They include staff from different Directorates of the Ministry of Agriculture, and Rural Development, as well as representatives from the following public, private and non-governmental stakeholders: Payments and Intervention Agency for Agriculture, Agency for Financing Rural Investments, National Phytosanitary Authority, Ministry of the Environment, Waters, Forests, Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalisation, National Veterinary Sanitary and Food Safety Authority, National Institute of Statistics, Authority for Digitization of Romania, Farmers' Force Association, League of Associations of Agricultural Producers from Romania, PRO AGRO National Federation, Romanian Farmers' Club for Efficient Agriculture, APPR Forum - Romanian Maize Growers Association, Romalimenta Federation, National Union of Cooperatives in the crop sector, "Gheorghe Ionescu-Şişeşti" Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, National Research-Development Institute for Food Bioresources, Research and Development Institute for Fruit - Mărăcineni, Agricultural Development Research Station Secuieni, Plant Genetic Resources Bank "Mihai Cristea" Suceava, Research Development Institute for Plant Protection, National Research Development Institute for Horticultural Biotechnologies, Research and Development Station for Fruit Tree Growing Băneasa, Adept Transilvania Foundation, College for agriculture and food industry “Țara Bârsei”, Transcarpathian Local Action Group Association.