The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food (Ukrainian: Міністерство аграрної політики та продовольства, romanized: Ministerstvo ahrarnoyi polityky ta prodovolʹstva) is the central executive authority of Ukraine in charge of country's agro-development. It is one of the oldest government agencies of Ukraine. On 29 August 2019 the ministry's function were taken over by the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture.[1] On 17 December 2020 the ministry was resurrected.[4]
Ministry activity is coordinated by the Cabinet of Ukraine. Ministry is the main authority in the system of central government responsible for national agricultural policy supervising and implementation including policy on agriculture and food security, public policy in the fields of fishery and fishery protection, use and reproduction of aquatic resources, regulation of fishery and maritime security, veterinary medicine, species protection, land related questions, mapping and surveying, forestry and hunting, surveillance (monitoring) in agriculture.
History
The precursor of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine was the General Secretariat of Land Affairs, established on June 15, 1917, under the Government (the First Vynnychenko government) of the Central Council of Ukraine.[5]
State Committee on Social Development of Village: 1991 - 1993[7]
State Committee on Bread products: 1991 - 1993[8][9]
Ministry of Agriculture and Food: 1992 - 1993[10]
Ministry of Agriculture and Food: 1993 - 1998[11]
Administrations of agriculture and food
Administrations of agriculture and food in raion state administrations
Inspections on preparations and quality of agriculture products of regional state administrations
Inspections of state technical supervision on status of agricultural vehicles in regional state administrations
State Committee on gardening, viticulture and wine industry: 1994 - 1998[12]
Ministry of Fishing: 1995 - 1997[13]
Ministry of Agro-Industrial Complex (APK): 1997 - 2000[14]
Committee of Food Industry[15]
Committee on gardening, viticulture and wine industry[16]
State Committee of Fishing: 1997 - 2000[17]
State Committee in monopoly on production and circulation of alcohol, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco products: 1998 - 2000[18]
Ministry of Agrarian Policy: 2000 - 2011[19]
Ukrainian State Concern in gardening, viticulture and wine industry: 2000–present[20]
State Committee of Agro-Industrial Business
(As seen above) in 1985 the Ministry was transformed into the State Committee on Agrarian and Industrial Economy of Ukraine (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic). The head of the committee was Yuriy Kolomiets who at the same time was the first deputy chairman of the council of ministers of the Ukrainian SSR. Oleksandr Tkachenko and Viktor Sytnyk were the first deputies of Kolomiets.
The State Committee (also known as Derzhahroprom) included number of other ministries and its regional branches.[21]
Republican cooperative and state association on agrarian and industrial construction
Republican of scientific and production association on agro-chemical servicing of agrarian business
NASU Institute of Economy
Department of agrarian production management (Ukrainian science and research institute of economy and organization of agrarian business of Aleksandr Schlichter)
representatives of the Central administration of statistics (deputy chief), the Ministry of Finance (first deputy), the Derzhplan (first deputy director), the Derzhpostach (first deputy), the Ukrainian Office (Kontor) of Gosbank (deputy director)
In January 2020 President Volodymyr Zelensky stated the need to separate the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture.[22] Early March 2020 the Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture, Tymofiy Mylovanov refused to head a newly reestablish Ministry of Agriculture (because he did not agree with the economic policies of the new Shmyhal Government).[23]
On 9 July 2020 Zelensky predicted that "at maximum in September" Ukraine would have a separate Minister of Agriculture again.[22]
On 17 December 2020 the ministry was indeed resurrected with the appointment of Roman Leshchenko as Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food.[4]
Structure
Ministry building in Kyiv
Subordinate authorities
State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine
Department of Science and Education of Agro-industry and Rural Development
Department of communication with media, PR and Information
Office of Management of State Property
Operational-regime Office
Sector of Safety and Fire Safety.
Ministry commissions
Committee on Rural Development
Commission of the development of agricultural market of Ukraine
Committee on Land Relations
Scientific institutions
Agricultural higher education institutions
Research institutions
Subordinated organization
Other institutions of Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food
Advisory structures
As an advisory structure, under the Ministry acts a Public Council. Its activities are governed by the Regulations of the Public Council. Chairman of the Public Council is Leonid Kozachenko, president of the All-Ukrainian public organization "Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation".
On 21 May 1991 Oleksandr Tkachenko was appointed as a State Minister on issues of Agrarian Policy and Food – Minister of Agrarian (Rural) Business of Ukraine (until 24 August 1991 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic).
Ukraine
See also
Ukrainian production-technological support of agriculture
Agrarian Fund[27]
Grain elevators companies[28]
Precision agriculture companies[29]
Notes
References
^ a b c d eNew Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ), Ukrayinska Pravda (29 August 2019)
^"Official website of the Ministry. Contact Us". 2017.
^ a b cLawmaker Solskyi accepts offer to become Ukraine's agriculture minister, Reuters (24 March 2022)
^ a b c dParliament appoints Leshchenko as agricultural policy minister, Ukrinform (17 December 2020)
^ a b c(in Ukrainian) 100 years ago the Central Rada formed the first government of Ukraine (infographics) 100 років тому Центральна Рада створила перший уряд України (інфографіка), Radio Free Europe (28 June 2017)
^About adopting regulations on the State Agro-Industrial Committee of the Ukrainian SSR.
^About adopting regulations on the State Committee on Social Development of Village.
^Issues of the State Committee on Bread products.
^About adopting regulations on the State Committee on Bread products.
^Issues of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
^About adopting regulations on the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
^Regulations on the State Committee on gardening, viticulture and wine industry.
^Regulations on the Ministry of Fishing.
^Regulations on the Ministry of Agro-Industrial Complex.
^Regulations on the Committee of Food Industry.
^Regulations on the Committee on gardening, viticulture and wine industry.
^Regulations on the State Committee of Fishing.
^Regulations on the State Committee in monopoly on production and circulation of alcohol, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco products.
^Issues of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.
^On creation of the Ukrainian State Concern in gardening, viticulture and wine industry.
^About confirmation composition of the State Committee on Agrarian and Industrial Economy (Про затвердження складу Державного агропромислового комітету УРСР). Verkhovna Rada.30 December 1985
^ a bPresident: At most in September we will have a separate Minister of Agrarian Policy, Ukrayinska Pravda (9 July 2020)
^Milovanov explained why he refused to work in the new government, Ukrayinska Pravda (5 March 2020)
^Ministry of Agrarian Economy of the Ukrainian SSR (Міністерство сiльського господарства УРСР). Central State Archives of Higher Bodies of Power and Administration of Ukraine.
^New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
^ a b(in Ukrainian) Assign new to. at. Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukrayinska Pravda (7 December 2018)
^Agrarian Fund. Official website.
^Grain elevators companies. Catalog.
^Precision agriculture companies. Catalog.
External links
Official Website of Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food
Decree of the President of Ukraine № 1085/2010 (December 9, 2010) "About optimization of central authorities"
