Abstract

The article examines the problems and the prospects of Ukrainian food security in the context of globalization and European integration. The key strategic objectives, indicators and their targets in accordance with the National Report “Sustainable Development Goals: Ukraine”, as well as recommendations for improving food security are considered. A system of strategic goals for ensuring food security in accordance with SDG № 2, contained in the National Report, has been developed. The main tasks of sustainable development goals in food security improving include increasing the availability of foods, the productivity of agriculture, the use of innovative technologies in Ukrainian agrarian sector, the creation of sustainable food production systems, food price volatility reduction. It is shown that the basis of national food security should be the mechanisms of farm development. A study of regulatory and legal support, the state and prospects of state support for family farms defined as an effective tool to stimulate the development of rural areas in Ukraine. The directions of support of farms, in particular, stimulation of them to reception of the legal status of taxpayers that will give them the right to participate in projects of the state support of small agricultural producers are offered. In the context of Ukraine’s integration into the European economy, the need to use the potential of personal farms and further development of family farms is justified. The main directions of modernization and reform of the agricultural sector of Ukraine on the basis of successful European experience and interstate coordination within the framework of common European standards are given. It is proposed to use effective tools of state financial support for producers, development of agri-food market infrastructure, environmental measures, which will increase the efficiency of agricultural production. The directions to improve the mechanism of pricing, structural disproportions in the agrarian sector, and strengthening of integration of the Ukrainian agriculture in the international market are presented.

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