  Building upon the theory and methodology of agricultural policy developed in
the previous chapter, in Chapter 2 we analyse and assess agricultural policy
making in Ukraine since the breakup of Soviet Union till today. Going from top
down to the bottom, we begin by describing the evolution of state policy in the
agri-food sector. In the beginning, we describe the major milestones of
agricultural policy making since independence, paving the way to the political
economy of the modern agricultural policy in Ukraine. Then we describe the role
of agri-food sector in the national economy as well as globally in ensuring
food security in the world. After, we dig deeper and focus on a detailed
performance of agricultural sector by looking at farm structures, their land
use, overall and sector-wise untapped productivity potential. Modern
agricultural policy and institutional set-up is contained and analyzed in
details in the section 2.4. A review of the agricultural up- and downstream
sectors wraps up this chapter
