FOOD SECURITY AREAS

Abstract

Food security is one of the most pressing issues of the present because of a number of local and global problems. The war in Ukraine, world hunger, climate change and the deterioration of food quality are all factors that negatively affect the current state of global and local food security. It is therefore important to develop effective ways of ensuring food security. The purpose of this research was to identify the main contemporary directions for ensuring food security. The research was conducted on the basis of modern scientific research, journalistic materials, legislative and regulatory acts dedicated to food security issues. The main research methods included analysis, synthesis and generalisation of the obtained information. Initially, the research analysed the characteristics of such directions of ensuring food security as national plans, strategies and projects. It was found out that Ukraine does not have a proper legal regulation of food security, there are no projects and programmes developed by the state; the food security strategy has been created, but it also needs to be improved. The peculiarities of the state policy of Japan and the United States in the field of food security are analysed. The characteristics of such a policy, such as the creation of an effective stock management system, which is defined as one of the components of the state food security index, are examined. On the basis of the analysis of theoretical sources the main directions of creation of the stock management system are determined. The current problems of the stock management system in Ukraine will be examined. To clarify the characteristics of modern international cooperation in the field of food security. The role of FAO in ensuring food security is defined. The peculiarities of international cooperation in the EU in this area are outlined and the features of international cooperation in the context of Ukraine are determined. It is established that programmes, strategies and projects define the priority directions of state policy, and their practical implementation is the most important stage. In this connection, it is emphasised that all states should direct their policies towards solving all existing problems related to food security, which in turn will contribute to ensuring food security at the national and global levels. The results obtained point to the need to refine existing approaches to ensuring food security.