Poll: Over 60% of Ukrainians would vote for extension of ban on farmland sale

As many as 61.2% of Ukrainians surveyed say they would vote for the extension of the moratorium on the sale and purchase of agricultural land.

This was reported by the Economichna Pravda news outlet with reference to findings of a poll conducted by the Razumkov Center.

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"If a referendum on the launch of a land market and the lifting of the moratorium on the sale and purchase of farmland had been on the Sunday closest to the poll, almost three quarters of the pollees (71.3%) would have taken part in such a referendum, 15.5% would not have participated, the rest of the respondents were undecided about the answer," it said.

It says that if such a referendum had taken place, the absolute majority would have voted for the extension of the moratorium on the sale and purchase of agricultural land (61.2% of all respondents or 69.7% of those who would have taken part in the referendum).

"Some 23.1% of those who would have taken part in the referendum (or 19.7% among all respondents) would have voted for the launch of a land market and the abolition of the moratorium on the purchase and sale of agricultural land. The rest of the respondents were undecided about their answer," the center said.

The center notes that citizens' support for the extension of the moratorium on the sale and purchase of agricultural land has changed slightly compared to October 2019, when 64.4% of those who said they were going to take part in the referendum were ready to vote for the extension of the moratorium.

Poll details

• The survey was conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center, during which 1,209 respondents aged 18 and older were interviewed in all regions of Ukraine except Russia-occupied Crimea and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, according to a sample representing the country's adult population in terms of basic socio-demographic indicators.
• The survey sample was built as a multistage, random sample with a quota selection of respondents at the last stage.
• The margin of error does not exceed 2.9% with a probability of 0.95.