Oleksii Pavlenko: E-land cadastre should be formed as soon as possible

One of the stages of the land reform should envisage the filling of the land cadastre, the land valuation, its inventory, establishing of rules of the farmland distribution, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Oleksii Pavlenko said this on his Facebook page.

"We are starting a joint project with the Ukraine’s Ministry of Regional Development and the World Bank on the filling of the electronic land cadastre. The World Bank estimates only a 15% electronic land cadastre filling," the Minister states on his page.

According to Oleksii Pavlenko, the land market’s infrastructure must be transparent and not corrupt. Each farmer should be entitled to termination of the lease, registration and land sales. To do this, every effort will be attached. At present, 7 mln ha of land has been already distributed, the state owns 10 mln ha of land. 23% of citizens perceive positively the sale of land. Although, according to the Minister, the issue is political.

"Small, medium and individual farmers are producing more than half of the food in Ukraine. We have 4 mln 200 thousand individual farms, 50 thousand of small and medium-sized farmers. This is the core of the economy, which is created by small and medium business, " Oleksii Pavlenko noted.