Farms as a Form of Economic Activation in Lwow District

Abstract

The article outlines economic changes in rural areas of Ukraina and especially focuses on theoperating new, private farms. Individual farms in Ukraina came into being when workers fromsovkhozy and kolkhozy got titles to the lands and were able to the individual farming. Unfortunately they were not interested in this form of farming because of complicated situation in a lawand economy. Farms as the new form of agriculture in Ukraina are not important and do not fulfillexpectations of the society. Lacks of capital, economic infrastructure, buildings, means of production (tractors, machines, fertilizers, plant pharmaceutics) is the main barrier to the development. Also unsteady political climate and frequent changes in property law are the restrictionsthat result a sense of incertitude and a lack of stability. Consequently it restricts decisions toinvestments in new farms.