Ensuring Regional Food Security in the Ryazan Region

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of regional food security. It is characterized by an integrated approach, since it accumulates the key factors of agro-industrial and economic modernization, the current state and trends in the development of agricultural and food production, the food market, the availability of food for the population and its purchasing power.The authors estimate the level of food consumption by the population of the Ryazan region. They propose a system of indicators determining the economic availability of food for the population of the region. The cost structure of the minimum set of food products in the Ryazan region is analyzed. The analysis of statistical data on the materials of a sample survey of household budgets in the Ryazan region demonstrates the possibility and the need to increase demand for food by reducing income differentiation.The issues of self-sufficiency of the region with food are also considered. The authors present generalized data on production and actual consumption of basic food products, determine the ratio of food needs according to medical standards and food resources, calculate coefficients of self-sufficiency of basic food products for the Ryazan region population. In conclusion special importance of developing the regional food market infrastructure for increasing the Ryazan region food self-sufficiency is proved.