IMPROVEMENT OF STATE SUPPORT POLICY FOOD SECURITY
The state plays a significant role in the country's agriculture, providing conditions for the stable development of production and availability of food for the population. The assessment of food security has shown that the population of the country is fully provided with bread products, potatoes and eggs. The situation is somewhat worse with the provision of meat and vegetables, however, the level is acceptable. The critical situation remains with the availability of milk and dairy products, as well as fruits and berries. The study notes that the high value of self-sufficiency in meat cannot be considered as a full-fledged indicator, since pork predominates in the volume of meat production, which has disadvantages in the context of nutritional issues. In Russia, the volume of subsidies allocated from the federal budget to food production decreased up to and including 2018, but in recent years the situation has begun to improve somewhat under the influence of two factors. The first was the end of the transition period stipulated by Russia's Agreement with the WTO, and the second was the crisis of the national economy caused by economic sanctions, falling oil prices and the devaluation of the national currency, which worsened the conditions for filling the budget. Under the influence of the WTO, the system of subsidizing the food sector has changed - there has been a rejection of direct subsidies, which were disguised as concessional lending from authorized banks to which the state directs budget funds. The study presents three scenarios for the development of agriculture through the prism of state policy. The first one characterized the current state of export-oriented agriculture in Russia. The second one is based on a shift in the emphasis of subsidies from the developed production of cereals and oilseeds, as well as pig farming, towards underdeveloped cattle breeding, vegetable growing and fruit growing. The third scenario is based on the need to stimulate the reproduction of soil fertility, which will significantly increase the harvest of crops. It is advisable to start implementing the second scenario, as the simplest, and simultaneously make efforts to ensure the reproduction of land resources.