The Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations recommends that the Parliament adopt as a basis the bill on amendments to several legislative acts re sustainable use of agricultural lands

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
29 November 2013, 14:24

 The bill (Reg. No. 3316) suggests introduce:

regular (every 6 years) laboratory analysis of soil quality of agricultural lands based on national standards;

obligation of a land user to pay the damages connected with decrease in soil quality;  

minimum lease term of agricultural land – 12 years;

transparency of land relations through publicity of information about the owners and users of land on electronic cadastre map.  

The Committee members also paid attention to the fact that in case of establishing a minimum lease term (12 years), land users would be economically interested in maintaining soil fertility indicators.