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Ukraine opens the agricultural land market

On 31 March 2020 the Rada adopted land-turnover legislation, signed by the president, ending a long moratorium on agricultural land sales with caps and a later opening to legal persons. In the causal graph this event weakens Food-Price Pressure, a driver that strengthens Under-five mortality rate (global) — an improving welfare path.

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On 31 March 2020 the Rada adopted land-turnover legislation, signed by the president, ending a long moratorium on agricultural land sales with caps and a later opening to legal persons. It is a completed property-rights statute.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.55 · verified

    He made land reform a 2019 promise and signed the bill. The Rada still had to pass it.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactUkraine opens the agricultural land market
    2. weakensDriverFood-Price Pressure
    3. strengthensIndicatorUnder-five mortality rate (global)
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 31 March 2020 · verified

    Tradable farmland can raise investment in output, a slow food-supply channel with concentration caveats.

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Food-Price Pressure

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.12 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.35)

      Observed

      37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

      Above normal = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.World Bank — Ukraine land reformWorld Bank · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Law on agricultural land turnover, 2020Verkhovna Rada · High credibility · verified

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorVolodymyr Zelenskyy
  2. contributed toFactUkraine opens the agricultural land market
  3. weakensDriverFood-Price Pressure
  4. strengthensIndicatorUnder-five mortality rate (global)

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Factrail. (2026). Ukraine opens the agricultural land market. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ua-land-reform-2020

https://factrail.ai/facts/ua-land-reform-2020

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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