APD – German-Ukrainian Agricultural Policy Dialogue
Research domain:
Policies and institutions
Project duration:
31.12.2012
- 30.12.2021
The German-Ukrainian Agricultural Policy Dialogue (APD) is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) since 2006. The project is implemented in cooperation with GFA Consulting Group GmbH as mandatary, IAK Agrar Consulting GmbH, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Transformation Economies (IAMO) and AFC Consultants International as project implementers as well as the National Association of Agricultural Advisory Services of Ukraine (NVLBU/Dorada) as project executing agency.
In accordance with market economy and regulatory principles, the project aims to provide advisory support to agricultural policy decision-makers in Ukraine for a socially balanced and sustainable development of the agricultural sector and rural areas. In a dialogue between German and Ukrainian institutions and experts, the experiences provided by international experts and jointly developed recommendations for action are used to further shape the Ukrainian reform agenda and to develop the competencies of the Ukrainian institutions involved. The current 5th phase of the project focuses on the following reform areas of Ukrainian agricultural policy:
- Development of rural areas through inter-farm cooperation and customized agricultural support systems
- Reform of agricultural administration and decentralisation
- Modernisation of higher education and research systems
- Development of service-oriented civil society organisations
