More than ten city and village councils supported at their sessions and sent an appeal to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi, and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy Oleksandr Haidu calling on them not to increase the maximum amount of agricultural land to be purchased by one enterprise from 100 to 10,000 hectares starting from January 1, 2024.

The document drew attention to the unprecedented challenges faced by Ukraine's agricultural sector and farmers in the context of a full-scale war with Russia.

"For the second year in a row, agricultural producers have been operating at a complete loss due to existing logistical problems and low prices for agricultural products in the country, and increasing this limit will not bring any practical benefit to small and medium-sized agricultural producers. They simply do not have the funds to buy agricultural land," is mentioned in the document.

The authors of the appeal argue that under the current conditions, only those companies that have access to financing abroad - by raising loans, issuing bonds, etc. can buy such a number of hectares at a time. Small and medium-sized agricultural producers will be deprived of this opportunity at least until the end of the war.

"In order to maintain the balance and provide equal rights for all Ukrainian farmers without exception, we oppose raising the limit on the amount of land owned by one person from the current 100 to 10,000 hectares in one hand starting in 2024," the local deputies emphasized.

The limit of 100 hectares should remain in place until the end of the war and two years after the victory," the signatories of the appeal stated. However, they are not against allowing legal entities to enter the land market.

As of November 23, 2023, the appeal was supported:

• Murovonokurylovets village council - Vinnytsia region
• Horokhiv city council - Volyn region
• Haivoron city council - Kirovohrad region
• Novoukrainka city council - Kirovohrad region
• Kulykivka village council - Lviv region
• Bereznehuvata village council - Mykolaiv region
• Yelanets village council - Mykolaiv region
• Skorokhodivka village council - Poltava region
• Sakhnovshchyna village council - Kharkiv region
• Zhashkiv city council - Cherkasy region
• Palanka city council - Cherkasy region
• Turia village council - Volyn region
• Boryspil city council - Kyiv region

The Ukrainian Agri Council is grateful for the support of small and medium-sized agribusiness. And calls on all concerned to support the petition to the President against increasing the limits on land purchase - https://petition.president.gov.ua/petition/209616