NEW DOCTRINE OF FOOD SECURITY AND MEASURES TO IMPLEMENT ITS BASIC PROVISIONS
DOI 10.33305/204-4
Issue № 4, 2020, article № 1, pages 4-12
Section: Agrarian policy: problems and decisions
Language: Russian
Original language title: НОВАЯ ДОКТРИНА ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВЕННОЙ БЕЗОПАСНОСТИ И МЕРЫ ПО РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ ЕЕ ОСНОВНЫХ ПОЛОЖЕНИЙ
Keywords: AGRICULTURE, AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, FOOD SECURITY, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, IMPORT SUBSTITUTION, STATE PROGRAM, EXPORT, IMPORT, INVESTMENT, INNOVATION
Abstract: The article considered the problems of ensuring industrial security and developing the export potential of the domestic agro-industrial complex taking into account the implementation of the national goals and objectives of the development of the Russian Federation and the mechanisms for their achievement, laid down in the sectoral documents of strategic planning. The Food Security Doctrine, adopted in 2010, played a positive role in the development of the domestic agro-industrial complex. However, the changes that have taken place over the years have required additions and changes. The article notes the main innovations of the new version of the Food Security Doctrine. First of all, the main goals and the new tasks resulting from them have been clarified. In particular, one of the objectives is the need to ensure sound food consumption standards, to promote healthy lifestyles, including healthy nutrition; Realization of export potential taking into account saturation of the domestic market of the country; Improvement of rural social and engineering infrastructure; Development of production, material and technical resources, etc. The list of products for which food independence thresholds are calculated was supplemented by vegetables and melons, fruits and berries, as well as seeds of the main crops of domestic selection. Special attention is paid to the new challenges for the country of the epidemic of coronavirus infection, which has a huge impact on the way of life of people, which in turn has a complex consequence for the national economy. Information on the dynamics of foreign trade in agricultural products and food and its competitiveness was analysed. Measures of State support for the development of the agro-industrial complex were considered, their impact on the achievement of the strategic goals of the country’s development were assessed. Directions of improvement of agar policy taking into account balance of interests of consumers and producers of agricultural products and food are proposed.
Authors: Ushachev Ivan Grigorevich, CHekalin Viacheslav Sergeevich