Peculiarities of the Privatisation of Agricultural Land in Ukraine

Abstract

In 1992, private and collective forms of land ownership were introduced to create conditions for privatising agricultural lands in Ukraine. According to Ukrainian legislation, there were two main methods of land privatisation, designed for conducting commercial agricultural production. First, the state initiated the transfer of agricultural lands for farming to citizens from reserve and reserve funds. Second, the state implemented a series of measures to grant the members of agricultural enterprises the status of landowners for the lands they had been using. By the time the state monopoly on land was abolished in 1992, almost all lands suitable for agricultural production had been put into operation by collective agricultural enterprises created on the basis of former state arms and collective farms. Therefore, privatising the land holdings of collective agricultural enterprises became a primary focus. The privatisation of land that was under the use of agricultural enterprises is the most complex, time-consuming, and phased process of land reform that a country can undergo.