A farmer works the fields on a busy farm in Kyiv Oblast on April 17, 2018. Next week, Ukraine’s parliament will consider two bills crucial for land reform that would all the transfer of state agricultural land to local communities. The passage of these laws would also unlock $350 million in World Bank loans.
Next week, Ukraine’s parliament will consider two bills crucial for land reform, according to Alexander Kornienko, chairman of the Servant of the People party.
The first of them — bill No. 2194, dubbed the “new land constitution” — would amend the land code and decentralize land ownership, transferring state land to local communities.