The Ministry of Agrarian policy and Food of Ukraine reports that 89 832 agreements are closed within the framework of market of land, since the land market was opened in July 2021.
- Ukraine Government
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04 February 2022
The EU is trying to move soya production from Brazil to eastern Europe where big conglomerates are buying up fertile land in the country, depleting soils, planting illegal GMOs and polluting fresh water sources.
- Open Democracy
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14 October 2021
New food security alliances discussed during H.E Mariam Almheiri's visit to Ukraine following updates to legislation on foreign agricultural investment
Whether foreigners should be allowed to buy land is one of the bones of contention surrounding the reform, with more than 80 percent of Ukrainians opposed to it.
In the country known as the “breadbasket of Europe,” agriculture has been dominated by oligarchs and multinational corporations since the privatization of state-owned land following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Will this change, now that a controversial law to create a land market entered into effect on July 1, 2021?
- Oakland Institute
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06 August 2021
Le moratoire qui interdit la vente des terres agricoles est levé en Ukraine mais les conséquences restent encore floues.
- Courrier d'Europe Centrale
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08 July 2021
Two-thirds of polled Ukrainians are against opening up the country's farmland to foreigners
World Bank's regional director says opening up the land market will provide "endless opportunities for Ukraine" and promises farmers "World Bank loans worth millions of dollars" if a bill to establish an agriculture fund is adopted.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has enacted a law on deregulation of land relations.
Ukrainian pig company KSG Agro and its Swiss partner plan to build a breeding complex for 50,000 pigs in Kazakhstan, which is free of African Swine Fever, to export pork to China.
Saudi Arabia’s state grain buyer SAGO said it has agreed to import 355,000 tonnes of wheat from Saudi Arabian-owned farms in Australia, Canada and Ukraine for delivery from May to December 2021.
The World Bank and the European Union stand ready to provide technical support and other resources for Ukraine to successfully implement farmland reform, says World Bank economist.