Project "Land Reform in Ukraine: New Perspectives and Challenges for Sustainable Development of the Agricultural Sector and Rural Areas"

GOODWILL Agency, together with partners — the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO, Germany) and Polissia National University (Zhytomyr) — supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Federal Foreign Office (AA) under the "Ost-West-Dialog" programme, won the competition and received a grant to implement this project.

The aim of the project is to promote the exchange of information about the process, current problems, requirements and prospects of land reform in Ukraine, as well as to address challenges and increase knowledge about the economic and social consequences of land reform in Ukraine.

Project Implementation Stages:

1. Stage I — Seminar Series "Research Data, Methods and Scientific Writing" (online). Three one-day seminars were held via Zoom: High-quality research data (June 2, 2022), Scientific writing and paper submission (June 9, 2022), Empirical research in agricultural economics (September 8, 2022).
2. Stage II — Workshop in Ukraine aimed at scientific discussion on economic and social aspects of land market liberalization. Due to the war, the workshop was moved to October 2022 and held online.
3. Stage III — Internship of Ukrainian and German scientists at partner organizations in Germany and Ukraine respectively.