Theoretical aspects of food security in the region

Abstract

In present day context food security is the basis of new socio-economic development, as well as an important element of economic and national security of the state. The conditions and mechanisms for countering threats to economic security are formed in the system of food security, as well as the development of reproductive processes in agriculture and agro-industry, which are the basis for increasing the level of self-sufficiency of both individual regions of Russia and the country as a whole. In this regard, it is necessary to conduct a comparative analysis of the economic literature of the author’s definitions of the concept of «food security», as well as interpretations presented in the regulatory framework, on the basis of the identified shortcomings to develop the author’s definition of this concept.