Ukrainian chernozems are under the control of oligarchs, the expert said

Published Aug 27, 2024

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Ukrainian agricultural expert Ivan Tomych has criticized the country's agrarian policy, stating that it has led to the control of 70% of the best chernozems in the world by global companies, concentrating land ownership to a dangerous extent. He argues that this situation is leading to the emptying of villages, unemployment, and the loss of Ukraine's last significant state resource. Despite simplified access to state land leasing for farmers through electronic auctions, Tomych insists that without a strategic approach, these measures are ineffective.
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Decentralization has become a convenient and effective tool for strengthening the influence of oligarchs in rural communities, which are now actively losing opportunities for development. This was stated by Ivan Tomych, one of the authors of the land reform and the first farmer of Ukraine, writes ZNUA. According to him, the agrarian policy in Ukraine should include the formation of a farming system, which the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners has been talking about since the 90s. The specialist emphasized that such a policy has never existed in Ukraine. "There were some unsystematic and short-lived attempts to move in this direction. That is why today we have the biggest agrarian monster in the world, which threatens the countryside and national democratic Ukraine. These are agricultural holdings that are dominant in Ukraine, as well as in a number of non-European countries," Tomich said. He emphasized that without a state strategy, even personnel reshuffles are just ...
Source: Agropolit

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