FOOD SECURITY AS A PRIORITY OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY

The availability of food, its accessibility and nutritional quality remains an important issue, in view of the expected increase in food demand and demographic growth. The paper includes the analysis of the essence and criteria of food security on self-sufficiency, physical and economic availability, stability of food maintenance, food consumption. A comparative analysis of food security in different countries was conducted. It was revealed that nutrition of the population of the republic is characterized by imbalanced diet, especially the most vulnerable and low-income groups. The possibility of creating agricultural innovation systems for addressing the issues of increasing food independence is shown. On the basis of foreign experience, appropriate measures of agricultural policy were proposed.

food security, food products, economic, physical accessibility, energy value, calorie content, rational consumption norms, agro-food systems, азық-түлік қауіпсіздігі, азық-түлік өнімдері, экономикалық, физикалық қолжетімділік, энергетикалық құндылығы, калориясы, ұтымды тұтыну нормалары, агроазық-түлік жүйесі, продукты питания, экономическая, физическая доступность, энергетическая ценность, калорийность, рациональные нормы потребления, агропродовольственные системы

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