Продовольственная безопасность в сфере потребления картофеля

Abstract

During the period of implementation of the State Program for the Development of Agriculture, indicators characterizing food security in the field of potato consumption have decreased and are at a level below the standard. The level of self–sufficiency of the population with potatoes decreased from 96.4% to 89.1% with a threshold value of 95%, economic accessibility - from 104.4% to 93.3% with a threshold value of 100%, and its consumption per capita per year - from 94 to 84 kg with a rational nutrition rate of 90 kg. This problem arose as a result of a decline in potato production from 24.0 to 18.3 million tons and an increase in its imports from 763 to 1016 thousand tons. The reduction in the gross potato harvest in Russia is due to a sharp decline in its production in households, although they still remain the main producers (63.9%). In order to reach the threshold values of food security indicators, it is necessary to increase potato production to 21.7 million tons, or increase by 18.6% compared to the achieved level. It is possible to increase its production only through the development of potato growing in agricultural organizations and farms with state support. This will be facilitated by the use of modern potato cultivation technologies, improving seed production and improving the quality of seed material, developing a potato storage base in the places of its production, creating consumer cooperatives, reducing import dependence as a result of the development of domestic breeding and agricultural engineering.