The State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre summed up the interim results of the process of transferring state agricultural land to communal property of united territorial communities, initiated by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in February, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reported.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman reported on the transfer of 387 thousand hectares of agricultural land belonging to the state to the ownership of 251 united territorial communities (UTC), Interfax reported.

The four-year period of introduction of decentralization in Ukraine testifies to the success of this reform – the annual growth of communities is 30%. Such statistics was stated in an exclusive interview by AgroPolit.com with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing Hennadiy Zubko.