Economic and geographical features of food security in the region on the example of the Irkutsk region
Territorial aspects of the country's food security vary considerably, depending on the development of agricultural production and the quality of food, the culture of nutrition and the economic capabilities of the population. Spatial differentiation of Russia's food security is due to both the general level of development of agricultural production, and regional differences, as well as the quality of food. It also depends on the traditions of nutrition, the economic accessibility of food for the population and other factors. The economic-geographical approach to the study of food security can contribute to ensuring sustainable regional development, to contribute to the creation of optimal models for the territorial organization of supplying the population with quality and affordable domestic food products. The article is prepared on the basis of the dissertation research by R.V. Filippov for the degree of Candidate of Geographical Sciences, carried out under the guidance of Ph.D. in Geography, Associate Professor N.V. Rogovskaya. The reliability of research results is achieved through the use of a vast array of state statistics. The integrated food security index includes quantitative and qualitative normalized indicators. The reliability of the results is also ensured by the use of the linear scaling method for assessing the different quality parameters of food security, and the search for the Euclidean distance between the vector of estimates for each considered region by thematic blocks. Food security as an object of social geography research can be examined at different taxonomic levels, with the appropriate functional specificity of subjects and management tasks, the concept of food security includes three key aspects: economic accessibility, physical accessibility, quality and safety of food consumption. To date, the problem of food security is also relevant. In this paper, the analysis of food security is carried out taking into account the author's methodology, based on the application of mathematical methods and analysis of a large body of statistical data.