PROBLEMS OF LEGAL REGULATION OF FOOD SECURITY OF UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The article highlights the urgent problems of legal regulation of food security in Ukraine in the context of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. In the course of the study, the authors analyze the regulations governing food security for efficiency and relevance to today's realities, immediacy in relation to the negative consequences caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The very concept of food security, approaches to its definition, research of elements of which it consists, their theoretical and practical value are considered also. There are ways and methods by which you can determine the level of food security in a country. Particular attention is paid to product availability as a fundamental element of food security. The authors reveal it in both formal and factual aspects, emphasize the inseparable relationship of these aspects, confirm this with illustrative examples. The article also considers the impact of the negative effects of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic on the functioning of agricultural law institutions, so the authors propose amendments to various regulations of current agricultural legislation with the sole purpose - to save and restore food security in Ukraine. The authors emphasize the urgency of the problem of the lack of a special law on food security in Ukraine, while citing the views of agricultural industry and legislation on this issue in terms of the feasibility of the fastest and most effective filling of such gaps. Therefore, the article proposes and substantiates the adoption of a single, unified, special law that will regulate legal relations arising in relation to food security of Ukraine. In its development, the authors advise to borrow positive experience in the field of food security of advanced countries. In addition, in order to respond quickly to the challenges of Covid-19, it is necessary to adopt the relevant bylaws on the basis of a special law by the executive authorities in the field of economy and agriculture. Much attention is paid to international cooperation in the field of export and import of agricultural products, because this circulation of agricultural products between countries directly affects the food security of each of them. The authors conclude that it is taking into account the obligations in the framework of international cooperation, Ukraine should develop a specialized regulatory framework in the field of food security.