The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy has taken control of the situation with the transfer of land from enterprises of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences to the State Property Fund. According to People's Deputy Dmytro Solomchuk, it is not just about changing the owner, but about an attempt to completely destroy agricultural science in Ukraine, writes UNN.
Details
During the meeting of the Agrarian Committee of the Verkhovna Rada, which took place on April 15, the issue of transferring 135,000 hectares of land used by NAAS institutions to the State Property Fund was considered. In particular, we are talking about the land of scientific farms engaged in seed production, animal husbandry, selection and agricultural research. People's Deputy Dmytro Solomchuk sharply criticized the Fund's initiative.
The State Property Fund decided to destroy the remnants of agricultural science in Ukraine. Science has been suffering and being destroyed for decades... But there are enterprises that, thanks to their leaders and teams, have preserved and developed agricultural science, despite everything, pay taxes and are important for the industry. The Fund decided to take the land, put it on ProZorro and that's it... To take, sell or rent is always easy, but to create? Science, teams, knowledge are not needed...
According to him, the Committee heard the management of the State Property Fund, representatives of the "State Land Bank" (a project of the State Property Fund, to which the first pool of state lands was transferred for further lease), scientists and is now taking the situation under parliamentary control.
Solomchuk also stressed the concern that is being expressed from the regions. According to him, farm managers and scientists openly declare the threat of destruction not only of enterprises, but also of entire communities.
At the meeting of the Agrarian Committee, the head of SE "Oleksandrivske" (Vinnytsia region) Olena Vorotnyuk clearly and reasonably voiced the alarming situation: the enterprise is 100% included in the transfer to the State Property Fund with subsequent sale at auction. The farm cultivates about 3,000 hectares of land, providing individual farmers with domestic seeds − an affordable alternative to imports, which are becoming increasingly expensive. Agricultural science is being developed here, animal husbandry is being preserved, and local communities and the military are being supported.
Also, according to Solomchuk, the former Minister of Agrarian Policy, now Director of the Institute of Agriculture of Polissya Serhiy Ryzhuk, spoke at the meeting. He recalled that 12,000 hectares of land from the Institute's research centers had already been transferred to the State Property Fund. In his opinion, if the State Property Fund needs additional areas, it is possible to consider more than a million hectares of Chernobyl land in Polissya, which the Academy is able to clean up from radionuclides. At the same time, scientific farms that work effectively and maintain agricultural science should not become the object of such decisions.
Let us remind you
The alienation of 135,000 hectares of NAAS land in favor of the State Property Fund will mean the loss of more than 18,000 head of cattle, 9,900 pigs, 1,900 sheep and 1,200 poultry. A significant part of livestock farms will be forced to cease operations, which will be a serious blow to breeding livestock and breeding. This, in turn, will lead to the destruction of the entire system of reproduction of highly productive animals with the best genetic characteristics in Ukraine. This livestock is the basis for the development of domestic animal husbandry − from the quality of meat and milk to disease resistance, productivity, nutrition and effective diet.