Abstract

The work is devoted to the problem of ensuring food and social security in the Republic of Crimea, which is due to the fact that food security is a factor that has a major impact on the welfare and standard of living of the population. The criteria for ensuring food security are determined, a system of indicators characterizing the criteria for an integral indicator of the food security of the region is presented. The assessment of the state of food and social security of the Republic of Crimea for the period 2014-2018, which is due to the most difficult transition period of Crimea's entry into Russia, has been carried out. The work assesses the state of food and social security of the Republic of Crimea for 2014-2018, identifies threats to ensuring food security. As a result of the study, a decrease in the production of livestock and crop production was found. The reasons for the decrease in the growth rate of agricultural production in the Crimea have been determined. The direct impact of food security on social security has been established, threats to the social development of the labor force of the Republic of Crimea have been analyzed and identified. An assessment of the population of the Republic of Crimea with monetary incomes below the subsistence level was carried out, which showed that 20-23% of the region's population live below the poverty line. Analysis of the demographic situation in the Republic of Crimea revealed the threat of rapid aging of the population, i.e. there is an increase in the number of citizens of retirement age in the general structure of the region's population. Population shrinking is a threat to social security. The conducted research and the conclusions made made it possible to develop proposals and recommendations for ensuring food and social security, solving social problems and increasing the standard of living of the population.

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