Organic agricultural production in Ukraine: trends and challenges of institutional support
Journal Title: Visnyk Ternopilskoho natsionalnoho ekonomichnoho universytetu - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue
Abstract
The basic trends of organic agricultural production in Ukraine, which is considered an alternative model of agriculture in the context of improving the quality of the natural soil fertility, expansion of the production of organic products for a complete and secure a healthy diet of people, preservation of the environment, are discussed in the article. The dynamics of growth of certified land in organic agricultural production and their share of the total land area of agricultural land in Ukraine is studied. It was established that during the period of 2002-2013 organic land area increased by 8.8 times, while the share of certified land in total land area of agricultural land is 0.83%. Comparative analysis of the rate of changes in the number of domestic certified organic enterprises in the study period showed that their number had increased 6.8 times and reached in 2013 - 210 units, and the average size of organic farms had rapidly decreased from 5304.8 to 1445.7 hectares or by 72.8%. The modern model of certified organic agriculture is being formed in two main directions. The first is the business represented with large and medium commercial structures created on the basis of land and property shares of former members of collective farms, which are oriented to maximize profits and ensure domestic agri-food organic products market. Enterprises of the first direction work concentrate on the expansion in exports of organic products in the country carrying out the certification of production (EU, Switzerland, Japan, etc.). The second is developed mainly by farmers, they form a group of small agribusiness. It has been established that the domestic paradox in intentions of organic farms to grow organic production, above all, is in limited institutional development of public authoritiesboth at national and regional levels, lack of coordination between them, lack of clear and transparent rules and procedures for the operation of the organic sector in Ukraine. In today’s operating environment Ukraine free trade zone with the EU major obstacle is that Ukrainian legislation is not harmonized in organic products with EU legal framework on organic agricultural production. The model institutions and mechanisms and regulation of national agricultural production is offered in the article. The introduction of a national system of control and certification of organic agricultural production model will promote effective institutional support organic sector, which professes innovative way of development of agrarian sector of Ukraine.
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Oksana Shumeyko
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