This report describes the current status of the food and agriculture system and the ongoing process of transformation in the Ukraine and it also provides an agenda and recommendations for continuing sectoral reform. The food and agricultural sector has greater economic potential in Ukraine than in any other region of the Former Soviet Union (FSU). Performance of the sector, however, has been far below potential. Ukranian agriculture still exhibits the major hallmarks of the Soviet system. Most of the production is organized in large-scale state farms and collectives. The decline in production is a reflection of the deterioration of the overall economic situation of the FSU: high inflation, worsening terms of trade for agriculture, reduced availability of vital inputs, overall decline of real wages and domestic demand, and the collapse of intra-regional trade. The Government has moved cautiously in reforming and restructuring the food and agricultural sector. To continue the effort and develop a reform strategy, the report makes the following recommendations: 1) the continuation of market and price liberalization and subsidy reductions; 2) restructuring and privatizing the agricultural distribution and processing system; 3) reform of the agricultural credit system; 4) land reform and farm restructuring; 5) investing in, and improving, farm productivity and efficiency; 6) restoring international trade; and 7) defining new roles and structure for the government.
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Document Date
1994/06/30
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Document Type
Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
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Report Number
11880
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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2010/07/01
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Doc Name
Ukraine - Food and agriculture sector review
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Keywords
Agriculture;farmer;state farm;State and Collective Farms;food and agricultural;rural to urban migration;breakdown product;high levels of output;agricultural land;agricultural product;rural population;input supply;net material product;decline in agriculture;terms of trade;private farms;joint stock company;forms of restructuring;feed conversion ratio;agricultural input industry;full private ownership;functioning market economy;ownership of land;value added tax;procurement and distribution;implementation of reform;freedom of decision;weights and measure;distribution of land;gross domestic product;rural community development;agricultural worker;environmentally friendly technologies;rural institutional framework;shortages of labor;large scale farming;collective farming system;child bearing age;body of water;impact on farmer;central heating system;biological oxygen demand;distribution of food;fruit and vegetable;food aid delivery;natural resource base;large budget deficit;production of wheat;demand for food;investments in agriculture;food processing industry;balance of payment;contamination of water;degradation of land;system of production;body of opinion;exchange control policy;control of expenditures;tight monetary policy;livestock sector;market liberalization;water bodies;Land Ownership;agricultural output;subsidized credit;
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Ukraine - Food and agriculture sector review (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/333581468765282827/Ukraine-Food-and-agriculture-sector-review