The Ministry of the Agrarian Policy initiates a wide-scale privatization, the press-office of the ministerial department reports.
As stated in the message, during the first phase 254 enterprises will be privatized. Out of total, it is planned to privatize 101 companies through share privatization. More than 10 thousand employees will receive land shares. Other enterprises will be reorganized into 10 companies, and, afterwards, privatized.
"Today, the privatization is the only way out. The ministry sees its mission in shaping the policy, facilitating the growth in the agricultural sector, and putting an end to corruption schemes”, - said the Minister for Agriculture and Food of Ukraine Olexy Pavlenko.