Modern paradigm of protecting the rights of agricultural business entities in Ukraine

Abstract

The article focuses on the theoretical and methodological substantiation and development of practical recommendations for improving the system of protecting the rights of agricultural entities in Ukraine. It analyzes legal mechanisms for ensuring agribusiness interests under contemporary global market challenges, macroeconomic instability, and systemic crises caused by the direct consequences of armed aggression. Particular attention is paid to defining strategic vectors for adapting domestic legislation to the regulatory standards and directives of the European Union, which serves as a fundamental prerequisite for ensuring national food security and increasing the competitiveness of the domestic agricultural sector internationally.The methodological framework relies on a combination of general and specialized legal methods. The systemic-structural, historical-legal, comparative, and formal-legal methods were applied to analyze the agricultural legal order, trace land reform evolution, and assess compliance with EU legislation. It is proved that effective legal protection of agricultural entities is of strategic importance for maintaining the economic resilience of the state. It is established that the current crisis of legal offenses in the agricultural sphere is partly due to historical gaps in the initial stage of land reform, particularly the phenomenon of "quasi-ownership" that arose from individual land sharing without physical demarcation. Overcoming global market challenges and internal voluntarism requires a transition to a qualitatively new paradigm of rights protection, where land is perceived not as an object of administrative management, but as a core element of private capital. Concrete proposals are formulated to harmonize the institutions of property rights with European standards to minimize the legal risks of business entities. It is concluded that the successful protection of the rights of agricultural entities under global challenges is impossible without completing the systemic transformation of national legislation. The process of European integration and implementation of European regulatory standards acts as the main catalyst for modernizing the domestic legal framework. Creating effective, transparent civil law guarantees and eliminating destructive legal remnants of the past will ensure the sustainable development of agribusiness, minimize the impact of market instability, and lay a solid foundation for Ukraine's investment attractiveness.