After this procedure has been discontinued due to the reorganization of the state registration system of planting material, certification of seeds in Ukraine will begin again by early March. This was stated by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Kutovoy. "These 2 weeks are a transitional stage ... There was tension on the part of seed companies and farmers associated with this transition, but I believe that we are already removing it," he said. Taras Kutovoy added that due to the fact that the situation in the near future will become stable, there is no danger to the successful holding of spring field affairs in Ukraine. "I believe that everything will be fine with the planting season."
Representatives of land associations previously reported that after the liquidation of the State Agricultural Inspectorate as part of the deregulation of the branch, seed certification functions were transferred to the relevant ministry. The minagroprod, in turn, began the creation of the municipal enterprise "State Center for Certification and Examination of Agricultural Products." However, the subordinate laboratories and territorial branches of this company have not been created so far.Therefore, certification of seeds in Ukraine is not carried out. As it was reported, the certification of seeds in Ukraine is practically blocked due to the liquidation of the State Inspection under the reform of regulatory authorities. This reform foreseen the creation of the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection (the State Food Safety Service) on the basis of several departments, including the State Inspection.
Some representatives of specialized land associations say that due to the delay in certification of seed, farmers have a huge lack of seeds of crops such as sunflower, corn, soybeans, etc. 
