Regional Food Self-Sufficiency Assessment As A Factor Of National Food Safety

Abstract

The most important component of national food safety is the regional aspect. Regional food self-sufficiency is not only delay-free production of high-quality food products, but also their physical and economic accessibility to the population in the region. The particular characteristics of regional economic development predetermines the entire system of risks and threats that affect regional and national food safety. The authors assessed food self-sufficiency in the Samara region based on the analysis of the dynamics in production and consumption of basic food commodity, impact assessment of food exports and imports on the balance of food resources, and demand in the agrifood market. Despite the positive trends in agribusiness industry development in the region and resource availability, there are threats to reduce the level of regional food self-sufficiency and food safety. In this regard, under modern conditions, it is necessary to systematically study the factors that form food safety and threaten it, as well as a constant analysis of the dynamics of the socio-economic situation in the regional agribusiness industry as a fundamental factor to ensure food sovereignty. The purpose of the study is to analyze the development level of the agrifood sector in a particular Russian region, assess the productivity level of agricultural products and food staples consumption, consider food imports and exports in the region, identify current trends of food market development in the region, and propose activities to increase the level of regional food self-sufficiency.