Transformation of state support for the agricultural and land sector in Ukraine and abroad: historical and legal aspect

Ukrainian agriculture needs state support both at the national and international levels. The transformation of the legal institution of state support for the agrarian and land sphere in different historical periods of the development of agrarian and land law is analyzed, which is due to changes in social needs, since they determine the priority sector of agricultural production. There are differences in the understanding of state support for agriculture in Ukraine and at the international plane, in particular in terms of direct cash payments, which are limited by the conditions of membership of states in international communities (in particular, the WTO), because such payments support agricultural companies who work unproductively. In wartime, when the state’s capabilities for financial support for the agrarian and land sphere are quite limited, it is important for Ukraine that the legislation provides for such types of support for agricultural companies that do not require direct cash payments, in particular regarding the approval of technical documentation for new food products (that do not comply with the existing DSTU), land documents processing, etc. The changes made to the law on state support for agriculture in Ukraine regarding the expansion of the scope of its regulation to the state agrarian policy as a whole are analyzed. It is proved that the optimal option for modern legal realities is the adoption of separate new laws on state support for the agrarian and land sphere and in the state agrarian policy. At the same time, the substantive content of these regulatory legal acts should reflect the existing research of Ukrainian scientists on state agrarian policy and state regulation of agriculture, as well as constructive criticism of the changes made to the laws Ukraine of organizational principles of implementation support in the agricultural sector . It was found that support for the agricultural and land sphere should not be reduced to that carried out exclusively by the state. In this context, it is worth talking about support for agriculture as a whole, but then the scope of regulation of a special law in this area should be different.