On 2 November 2026, Mariia Didukh was appointed Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reports.
Key points:
- Mariia Didukh is an expert in agricultural and economic sector reform, European integration and agricultural trade;
- she has more than 18 years of professional experience, including over 7 years in the civil service;
- her areas of expertise include developing Ukraine–European Union (EU) trade relations and harmonising legislation with the EU acquis.
Experience and education
Mariia Didukh is an expert in agricultural and economic sector reform, European integration and agricultural trade. She has more than 18 years of professional experience in economic policy, institutional development and government–business engagement, including over 7 years in the civil service.
She graduated from the National Agrarian University, qualifying as a manager-economist in «Foreign Economic Activity Management» in 2005 and earning a Master’s degree in Public Administration in 2006.
Over the years, she has held senior positions at the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Forum and the Reforms Delivery Office of the Ministry of Economy, and led the team responsible for implementing agricultural support programmes at the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
She also worked as Government Relations Adviser at the USAID Harvest Activity project and as an agricultural trade expert at the Agritrade Ukraine project.
Areas of expertise
Her key areas of expertise include:
- agricultural policy and sector reforms;
- representing the interests of the agricultural sector;
- coordinating cooperation among industry associations;
- building dialogue between government and agribusiness;
- developing Ukraine–EU trade relations;
- harmonising Ukrainian legislation with the EU acquis;
- cooperation with international partners.
Mariia Didukh is the author of practical guides on the conditions for exporting agri-food products to EU countries and has taken part in working groups on agricultural reform and European integration.
