Economy ministry to expand pilot project to use State Agrarian Register in all Ukraine regions

Ukraine's Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture says it will expand the implementation of the pilot project related to the use of the State Agrarian Register across the country.

Read alsoUkrainian farmers to enjoy preferential terms for farmland acquisitionThe second phase of testing the register within the pilot project launched in late January will be conducted in the unified territorial communities selected by competition, the ministry's press service said on Facebook on August 26.

"In total, the pilot project will cover 53 unified territorial communities in all regions of Ukraine," the report said.

What areas will be covered by the register

In particular, the State Agrarian Register is expected to start function in 17 communities in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Luhansk, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions on September 2.

From September 16, a total of 36 territorial communities from Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Mykolayiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, and Chernihiv regions will join the register.

According to the ministry, now any Ukrainian farmer may register online to use the said service.

What is the agricultural register

• On January 31, the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture launched the State Agrarian Register in pilot mode for agricultural producers' interaction with state authorities.
• The service provides a number of advantages. In particular, farmers may track information about themselves in four registers of the online office: the State Land Cadastre, the register of legal entities and individuals, the register of rights, and the register of animals.
• The pilot project was initially implemented in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Odesa, Lviv, Volyn, and Mykolaiv regions.
• The first 200 farmers started using the State Agrarian Register as of February 13, 2020.