Ukraine

Ukraine’s other land grab
- Al Jazeera
- 09 April 2023
Harvard, Saudi Arabia and The Vanguard Group are just a few of the investors who have been buying up Ukrainian land en masse, while many Ukrainian farmers argue it should stay in Ukrainian hands.
More than 150,000 land agreements signed in Ukraine
- Ukrinform
- 03 Mar 2023
Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry says a total of 153,659 land agreements, covering 344,061 ha, have been signed since the land market was launched, including nearly 100,000 ha over the past year.
The war in Ukraine could trigger a land investment rush as happened during the 2008 financial crisis
- EurekAlert
- 24 February 2023
The war in Ukraine could stimulate a new global land race that could affect the world's agricultural system, says a new study by researchers at the Politecnico di Milano.
Amidst chaos of war, a new report exposes the stealth take-over of Ukrainian agricultural land
- Oakland Institute
- 21 February 2023
One year into the war, a new report reveals how oligarchs and financial interests are expanding control over Ukraine’s agricultural land with help and financing from Western financial institutions.
Ukraine: Resolution of the Public Forum of peasant farms, farming households, civil society organizations, and academic community
- Public Farmer Forum
- 15 December 2022
Resolution calls for the suspension of market transactions of agricultural land in wartime and the post-war period and for the creation of mechanisms to guarantee small farmers real opportunities to acquire land.
Russian oligarch seizes 400,000 acres of Ukrainian farmland, owners say
- WSJ
- 06 December 2022
Alexander Tkachev, a former Russian agriculture minister, heads a family company that Ukrainian grain growers say has taken control of hundreds of thousands of acres of their land.
IMC in talks with EBRD and IFC on loans for three development projects
- Interfax
- 10 October 2022
IMC specializes in the cultivation of cereals, oilseeds and milk production on about 123,300 hectares of land in Poltava, Chernihiv and Sumy regions of Ukraine.
Restructuration opérationnelle d'AgroGeneration: Lancement d'une procédure de liquidation partielle de certains actifs
- AgroGeneration
- 07 October 2022
Environ 25 000 hectares de terres agricoles du groupe français en Ukraine sont déclarées "toxiques"
Cypriot court allegedly freezes $79 million of tycoon Bakhmatyuk's assets
- Kyiv Independent
- 29 September 2022
The District Court of Nicosia in Cyprus has granted a worldwide freezing order against Ukrainian agricultural tycoon Oleh Bakhmatyuk for $79.4 million.
‘The Grab’ review: Exposing a nearly invisible conspiracy to control the world’s food and water
- Variety
- 08 September 2022
Film maker Gabriela Cowperthwaite uncovers a massive global scheme to gobble up resources, pairing with the Center for Investigative Reporting to bring these shadowy operations to light.
Shock doctrine en Ucrania
- La Vanguardia
- 04 September 2022
La reciente Conferencia sobre la Recuperación en Ucrania recomendó una batería de medidas de desregulación y privatización que proponen incluso eliminar restricciones sobre la venta de suelo agrícola, en el llamado "granero" de Europa, a corporaciones extranjeras
Not a grain of truth in Ukrainian farmland claim
- AAP
- 22 August 2022
A claim circulating on social media that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has sold off 17 million hectares of farmland to US corporations is baseless.