State regulation of agricultural products, raw materials and food markets in the Republic of Kazakhstan
The agro-industrial complex of Kazakhstan has the objectives on increasing the volume of production of competitive, export-oriented agricultural products and increasing labor productivity by 2.5 times by 2022. Thus, the country's agricultural policy is aimed at ensuring food security.The goal -is to analyze the current state of providing the population of the republic with food at the expense of own production and to identify further ways of its development.Methods - comparative analysis, statistical and economical for market research; systematic approach.Results - The Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 9, 2016, No.503, approved scientifically grounded physiological norms of food consumption. In connection with the pandemic, the State has set the priority anti-crisis tasks to achieve the stability of the socio-economic development of Kazakhstan, including regulation of prices for agricultural products. The conducted comparative analysis showed that the population in the country is mainly provided with domestic food products within the established standards, with the exception of poultry meat, cheese, cottage cheese, fruits, berries, vegetables, sugar and fish. The undertaken measures show that in the near future they will allow increasing the scale of production of these food products, which is quite justified. It has been determined that the republic has potential opportunities, in particular, natural and labor resources for import substitution.Conclusions - meeting the needs of the republic's residents for all types of their own products requires deep research. State regulation of agricultural market is aimed at improving the living standards of the population in the regions by creating favorable conditions for the development of crop production, animal husbandry, food industry, social infrastructure, and technical equipment.