FOOD SECURITY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: STATE, TRENDS, PROBLEMS
The paper proposes the stages and key indicators of ensuring the country's food security. It presents the results of the food safety assessment; the determining role is assigned to the production of agricultural products. The attractiveness of agriculture in Russia has decreased over the years of reforms. The displacement of domestic agricultural producers from the domestic agro-food market has contributed to the growth of import dependence. There is an unstable growth in the volume of production of crop and livestock products. Analysis of the availability of basic foodstuffs for the population makes it necessary to expand the volume of domestic agricultural production. Despite the implementation of the state policy of import substitution, under the current conditions of the activities of agrarian enterprises, there is a risk of further reduction of Russia's food security. The priority areas for solving this problem include: the creation of a favorable investment climate, the growth of investment activity of commodity producers, the implementation of state support, including the provision of subsidies and subsidies. The authors draw a conclusion that it is necessary to monitor food security for the early warning of threats as well as to take the urgent measures to protect the agro-industrial complex.