Really should read this and see what the West is trying to do in Ukraine. Not making Ukraine better..
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A LAND MARKET TO BENEFIT OLIGARCHS, LARGE AGRIBUSINESSES, FOREIGN INVESTORS, AND CREDITORS
The government and international institutions have pro-moted land reform as a way to “unlock” the full potential of Ukrainian farmland by making the agricultural sector more attractive to international investors. 158 The main argument put forward has been that it will have a “positive impact on economic growth.” 159 According to the World Bank, lifting the moratorium on land sales would add around 1-2 per-cent to Ukraine’s annual GDP growth rate for five years. 160 However, this increase is expected to mainly come from the “expansion of producers with higher productivity and incen-tives for lower productivity producers to improve or exit, as the price of land rises.” 161 The institution thus explicitly ex-pects the land reform law to push poorer, smaller farmers out of agriculture and help grow larger land holdings.
As of August 2022, the largest agribusinesses operating in the country controlled approximately 4.4 million hectares of land. 162 Once the legal limitations are lifted in 2024 and legal entities can purchase up to 10,000 hectares, these agribusinesses will be able to further expand their access to land, a process that is already at play. In October 2021, Kernel, for instance, announced plans to increase its land bank to 700,000 hectares, up from its 506,000 hectares at the time. 163 Similarly, MHP, which currently controls 360,000 hectares of land, seeks to expand its land bank to 550,000 hectares. 164 MHP is also reportedly circumventing restrictions on the purchase of land by asking its employ-ees to buy land and lease it to the company, further driving land consolidation. 165 The creation of a land market is therefore likely to expand the amount of agricultural land in the hands of oligarchs and large agribusiness fi rms. This was the concern of many Ukrainians fearing that, due to the country’s rampant cor-ruption and weak rule of law, small farmers will have few avenues to assert their rights in the face of increasing com-petition from agribusinesses. 166
Also: Brief_Corporate Takeover of Ukraine_0
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