The deputies of the Kherson Regional Council sent an official appeal to Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy calling for the extension of the moratorium on the sale of agricultural land by January 1, 2025, as well as a broad discussion of the step-by-step introduction of transparent and civilized land circulation.

Kherson deputies called on other regional councils to support them in this initiative and send relevant appeals to the heads of state.

Thus, according to the text of the appeal, during the moratorium period it is necessary to carry out a set of measures for preparation of such an important step. In particular, in the Coalition Agreement of November 27, 2014, only three out of 12 steps were implemented. In Ukraine, inventory of land has not been conducted. The land cadastre is too slowly filling up. In 61 administrative districts of Ukraine, the area of ​​the land plots registered by State Geocadaster exceeds the actual area of ​​these districts.

Moreover, raiding is flourishing in our country and there are corrupt mechanisms for moving the rights to land around the moratorium, as there is no rule of law in protecting property rights. The raider attacks are the result of an imperfect court system. There are no market mechanisms that should help in shaping the price of land. There are no programs of preferential lending to the national Ukrainian farmer, in particular, small farms. And this puts the farmer in a position of impossibility to compete with agroholdings and corporations that have the opportunity to use the attracted foreign investments.

Recall that in Ukraine a moratorium on the sale of agricultural land is valid until January 1, 2019.