This is so fucking funny, just the owner of the sub trying to clarify basic leftist positions and get downvoted by even bigger liberals.

  • ButtBidet [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    privatize Ukraine’s world-class farmland

    I didn't know this. Is there a tldr anywhere?

    • WonderSwanCrystal [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      The fate of Ukraine’s agricultural sector is on shaky ground. Last year, the Oakland Institute reported that over 1.6 million hectares (ha) of land in Ukraine are now under the control of foreign-based corporations. Further research has allowed for the identification of additional foreign investments. Some estimates now bring the total of Ukrainian farmland controlled by foreign companies to over 2.2 million ha;1 however, research has also identified important grey areas around land tenure in the country, and who actually controls land in Ukraine today is difficult to ascertain.

      The companies and shareholders behind foreign land acquisitions in Ukraine span many different parts of the world.

      https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/blog/who-owns-agricultural-land-ukraine

      • WonderSwanCrystal [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        That's as of 2015. And for context, of Ukraine's total land area of 60 million hectares, roughly 42 million is classified as agricultural land.

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      large parts of Ukraine have a meter-deep layer of black humus that is incredibly fertile