Interaction between the State and Civil Society Institutions in the Field of Ensuring Food Security of the Russian Federation

Abstract

The article touches upon the problem of interaction between the state and civil society institutions in the field of ensuring food security of the Russian Federation, presents the main directions of such interaction, considers new modern forms of citizen participation in solving socially significant problems, the functions that civil society can perform in the field of ensuring food security are disclosed advantages and disadvantages of exercising public control in the area under study. Special attention is paid to legal reforms in matters of ensuring food security in Russia. The parameters of the reserves of food supply to the population of the Russian Federation, internal and external risks are analyzed. It is concluded that the use of the achievements of e-democracy contributes to the improvement of dialogue between government bodies and society in the issues under study; legislative acts of the federal and regional levels as a whole should become the system in which the state guarantees to citizens the availability, quantity and quality of food products necessary for life, and civil society, in turn, should actively participate in all the variety of forms, thereby ensuring the implementation rights and legitimate interests of citizens.