Table 1: Metrics and indicators used to compare the state of agricultural prosperity and food security in select countries.

Metric	Definition
Growth in agriculture share of gross domestic product (agricultural GDP)	growth in the share of the country’s GDP derived from agriculture, measured in terms of purchasing power parity index
Agricultural production (cereals and pulses)
Area harvested	total number of hectares of specific crop in a specific production season that are actually harvested for use
Yield	harvested production per unit of harvested area for crop products
Agricultural R&D spending	research expenditure which includes remuneration-related, operating and program expenditures and capital investments
Agricultural R&D staffing
Modern biotechnology	Yes if modern biotech research is active, otherwise No Yes is country is commercializing biotech crops, otherwise No Yes if country has a current biosafety policy, otherwise No
IP and technology transfer	Yes if the country has IP and TT laws and policies, otherwise No