Participating countries:
China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Rep. of Korea, Thailand and Viet Nam

Period:
March 1997 – June 2000

Funding:
Government of Japan – (US$ 813,298)

Project Officer:
Michio Kanai

The objectives:

1. To identify the international trade of agricultural products with special focus on CGPRT crops in the region under further liberalized market conditions.
2. To characterize the situation and prospects of agriculture in selected Asian countries with special attention to the effects of trade liberalization.
3. To specify policy options for improving farmers’ income in the process of trade liberalization.
4. To provide concerned policymakers and researchers with discussions and suggestions on the above findings

The activities:

1. The TradeLib project began operationally in March 2007.
2. The project was implemented in collaboration with partner institutes from the ten participating countries:
   • Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, P.R. China
   • National Centre for Agricultural Economic and Policy Research (NCAP), India
   • Forestry and Horticultural Research Centre, Indonesia
   • Japan International Research Centre for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
   • Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI)
   • National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Pakistan
   • Bureau of Agricultural Economics, the Philippines
   • Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI)
   • Office of Agricultural and Cooperative (OAE), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand
   • Agricultural Economics Institute, Viet Nam
      
3. The project consisted of three studies
   
   1. Institutional study on international agricultural trade liberalization (institutional study). It included reviews and analyses on: history of trade regime; trade regime at present and towards 2000 or 2004; and infrastructure related to foreign trade.
   2. Study on effects of trade liberalization on commodities (commodity study). It included reviews and analyses on: export and import; international trading patterns; and international trade performance.
   3. Study on effects of trade liberalization on local agriculture (location-commodity study). It included reviews/analyses on: the effects of trade liberalization on selected commodities at local or farm level; and effects of trade liberalization on location-specific agriculture
4. The implementation period of the project was divided into two phases:
   
   1. First phase: April 1997 - June 1998
   2. Second phase: July 1998 – December 1999.

The outcomes:

1. Country papers of the first phase study:
   
   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 33
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Pakistan: institutional and structural aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 34
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Malaysia: institutional and structural aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 35
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in the Republic of Korea: institutional and structural aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 36
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Japan: institutional and structural aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 37
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in the Philippines: institutional and structural aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 38
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in India: institutional and structural aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 39
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Thailand: institutional and structural aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 40
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Vietnam: institutional and structural aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 41
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Indonesia: institutional and structural aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 42
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in China: institutional and structural aspects
    

2. Country papers of the second phase study:
   
   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 43
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in China: commodity aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 44
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Pakistan: commodity aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 45
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in India: commodity aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 46
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Malaysia: commodity aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 47
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in the Republic of Korea: commodity aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 48
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Indonesia: commodity aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 49
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Thailand: commodity aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 50
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Japan: commodity aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 51
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in the Philippines: commodity aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 52
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Vietnam: commodity aspects

   CGPRT Centre Working Paper; no. 53
   Integrated report of the project "effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in selected Asian countries
    

3. The proceedings of a workshop held in Bogor, Indonesia, October 5-8, 1999 were published as CAPSA’s Monograph series.
   
   CGPRT No. 38
   Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Asia: Proceeding of a workshop held in Bogor, Indonesia, October 5-8, 1999
   
   
4. Country papers, the integrated report and proceedings of the workshop were and are to be used as reference materials of the researchers and policymakers. They were and are to be used as texts at the in-country seminars held by the Centre and other occasion in the participating countries