Who controls agricultural land in Ukraine?

The total amount of land controlled by oligarchs, corrupt individuals, and large agribusinesses is thus over nine million hectares, exceeding 28 percent of the country’s arable land. The rest is used by over eight million Ukrainian farmers.

 

Part 3 - Why is the takeover of Ukrainian land a cause for concern?

 

Concentration of land in the hands of agribusinesses, oligarchs, and powerful financial interests raises questions of equity and economic justice in a country where resources have been accumulated by a few, often through corrupt practices. 

 

Fair and equitable access to land and financing would ensure the economic sustainability and well-being of the country’s eight million farmers. 

Furthermore, the takeover of land by large agribusinesses generates the expansion of industrial agriculture based on the intensive use of synthetic inputs, fossil fuels, and large-scale monocropping – long shown to be environmentally and socially destructive. They are primarily geared towards export markets whereas it is Ukraine’s small and medium-sized farmers who guarantee domestic food production. 

 

The takeover of Ukrainian land therefore raises important questions about the country’s food security and sovereignty.

 

Source:

 

https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/sites/oaklandinstitute.org/files/pdfpreview/war-theft-faq.pdf

 

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