The article is devoted to the study of problematic issues of legal support of agro-energy relations under martial law and elaboration of proposals for improving the mechanism of their legal regulation. The author emphasizes the need to preserve and realize the powerful agricultural potential of Ukraine and to counteract the threats and losses of martial law, in particular in the energy sector, and to counteract climate change, which, in turn, makes it expedient to study the legal nature, content, problems and novelties of legal support for agro-energy relations. The author identifies the following features of agro-energy relations: an independent type of agrarian legal relations; a complex agrarian legal category covering a wide range of relations: production relations for growing energy crops and carrying out other types of agricultural activities which result in biomass production; relations for its processing into biofuels and their sale; biotechnological relations for ensuring waste- free agricultural production; research relations in the field of alternative energy; agro-protective relations in the field of stimulating biofuel production; regulatory relations; agro-ecological relations, etc. It is emphasized that these relations are of a regulatory nature; aimed at ensuring the effective development of the main branches of agricultural production; characterized by a special subject composition, public-private nature of their regulation, dynamism due to permanent legislative changes, etc. The author emphasizes the need for comprehensive and effective special regulation of agro-energy relations. The article examines the current state of legal support for agro-energy relations, analyzes novelties and identifies the problems of their legislative regulation. It is proved that improvement of legislation in the field of agroenergy relations will contribute to preservation and realization of the potential of the agrosphere, overcoming energy dependence and ensuring national security of our country, sustainable socio-economic development, combating climate change, integration into the European space, proper functioning of agribusiness and sustainable development of the agrosphere.
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