Ukraine Agricultural Policy Adaptation to the Natural Environment Challenges

Abstract

The study analyzes current challenges in the agriculture of Ukraine caused by global climate changes, irrational use of the main natural resources and their depletion, pollution of the natural environment by emissions into the atmospheric air and discharges into water bodies from the use of agricultural enterprises specializing in pig and poultry products production, lack of sufficient infrastructure and effective waste management system, etc. The problematic issues of inadequate state policy on adaptation to the specified threats were investigated. The world experience in preventing the negative impact of agricultural activities on the environment such as production intensity restrictions, the use of chemicals and pesticides, the amount of hazardous emissions (pollution) and waste, in particular, the CAP policy. The priority areas of state policy in the field of agricultural production adaptation to climate change in the context of European integration are proved; economic tools for the adaptive mechanism of agricultural production based on a balanced combination of coercive-restrictive and incentive-compensatory regulators - taxes and fees - are proposed. The basis of the organizational and economic measures algorithm for the adaptation of agriculture to the threats facing the domestic agricultural sector should be the creation of a regulatory and legal basis for the transition to ecological standards of agricultural activity, public investments in "green growth" and "green innovation" programs. In addition, the algorithm involves application of taxes and fines for land use violations and ecologically safe management practices stimulation to ensure sustainable ecological well-being and preserve the natural environment for future generations.The expediency of creating a national platform for agriculture adaptation to climate change based on the European one (Climate adapt) on the basis of the National Ecological Center of Ukraine, which will provide information on current and expected climate changes and the vulnerability of various territories has been proven.The national plan for the agricultural production adaptation is to be implemented at the expense of the formation of adaptation policy mechanisms from the bottom upwards, from territorial communities to the national level, through education and educational activities.