Every third Ukrainian farmer is afraid of a visit from bandits
31% of managers of agricultural enterprises consider the risk of a raider takeover of their business to be high, 44% assess this danger as average, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
This is evidenced by a study, the results of which were presented by the representative of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council Andrey Dykun at today’s Anti-Raider Forum in Kyiv.
According to the survey, 14% consider the risk of raiding to be low, 8% said that there is no danger, 1% said the business was/is under a raider attack, 3% refused to answer.
When asked whether businessmen consider their business protected from raider attacks, 23% answered “no”, 48% – “rather no”, 21% – “rather yes”, 2% – “yes”, 5% – refused to answer.
According to the survey, 64% consider the main reason for raiding to be corruption in law enforcement agencies, 38% - confusion and imperfection of legislation, 15% - low legal literacy of farmers, 8% - other, 4% - refused to answer.
The study shows that 39% of surveyed agricultural producers see farmers’ associations (public organizations and movements) as the main way to combat corruption and raiding, and 36% see changes in current legislation.
The survey data also indicate that the problem of raiding is especially acute for farmers in the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine.
The survey was conducted by telephone interview from June 25 to August 2 among 500 heads of agricultural enterprises (in all regions of Ukraine), members of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Union. Standard deviation +/- 4,5%. Analytical support and processing of the research results was carried out by the Social Monitoring Center.
Every third Ukrainian farmer fears a visit from bandits.