EVALUATION OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE PROCESS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND REFORM IN UKRAINE

Анотація

Agricultural  land  reform  in  Ukraine  was  a  complex  process,  characterized  by  changes  to  the  whole  system  of  doing  agriculture,  based  on  private
ownership over collectivization, and private farms and agricultural enterprises
over kolkhozes and sovkhozes.
This  paper  aimed  to  clarify  the  process  of  agricultural  land  reform  in
Ukraine  by  classifying  the  three-stage  evolution  of  the  reform,  and  discussingcreation mode of farms. Extensive review of Laws, Decrees, Land Codes,
and  past  studies  on  land  reform  in  Ukraine  were  used  as  a  background  to
evaluate realities of land reform process in Ukraine.
In the following space,  we  divide the  whole process into  three stages:
the  implementation  period  (1991–1993),  the  transformation  period  (1994–
1999), and the establishment period (2000–2011).Considering the fact that the
draft of the law on land market and cadaster in Ukraine was issued for approval, it may be predicted that Ukraine will enter into a new stage of land reform
after 2014. This stage may be termed “Restructuring.”