Alex Pavlenko: Reform of the agricultural sector requires qualitative changes to the law
"One of the priorities of the Agriculture Ministry is to support individual, small and medium farmers. To ensure appropriate conditions for their development is necessary to launch a series of legislative changes, including the creation of conditions for personal transformation selyanskyh full participants of farms in agrarian relations. These changes provided for by the Law of Ukraine "On amendments to some laws of Ukraine to encourage the construction and operation of family farms (1599 from 12.23.2014) "- Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Oleksiy Pavlenko. "Currently, painthan half of food in Ukraine producing small, medium and individual farmers. We have 4.2 million individual households, 50 thousand small and medium farmers. However, in the transformation period of transition in the state practically not used appropriate measures to overcome the shortcomings of the operationprivate farms (OSG) and their technical and technological backwardness, "- said the Minister. According to him, OSG and farms are not created equal competitive conditions. "Agriculture forced to sell products at unofficial distribution channels. The volume of informal (actually - gray) market in the sector of peasant hospodarsTV in recent years significantly increased. According to expert estimates, in the vegetables it exceeds 80%, meat - 60%, milk - 40%. Those who benefit from this are only intermediaries, while producers and the state loses revenue, "- said Alex Pavlenko. He said that adequate support for small and medium enterprises with the agriculturalHector Ukraine is the implementation of a number of important reforms, but above all - the creation of legal, economic and social conditions in the transformation OSG family farms from becoming a legal entity or natural person - entrepreneur - producer of agricultural products, ensuring their full participation in the agricultural market. "The draft legisWell Ukraine "On amendments to some laws of Ukraine to encourage the construction and operation of family farms (1599 from 23.12.2014) aims to create such conditions for the conversion of PPF full participants in agrarian relations, legalize and bring them into the legal field. The bill proposes to provide a simplified claimOSG oryadok transformation in family farms, simplification of registration and organization of their business activities, simplifying procedures for obtaining permits. Currently, the bill is aimed at second reading of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ", - said the head of the agricultural department. MAP Press Service Reported in the VinnitsaRSA KyiSource: http://artlife.rv.ua/