The Conference was chaired by Secretary Tom Vilsack from USDA and gathered high-level political representatives including: Mr. Jesús Murillo Karam, Secretary for the Ministry of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development SEDATU, Mexico; Ms. Brenda LePage, Assistant Deputy Minister, Western Economic Diversification, Canada; Mr. Phil Hogan, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission; Ms. Mari Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary General of the OECD; Mr. Hisao Harihara, Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, Japan; Mr. Lee Seung Ho, Deputy Minister for Land, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Republic of Korea; and Mr. Marceli Niezgoda, Deputy Minister, Ministry for Infrastructure and Development, Poland. The following Chair's statement was issued at the close of the meeting:

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