Current trends in the development of the Russian agrarian economy in ensuring food security

Abstract

The situation in the Russian Federation in the spring of 2020 is quite serious and directly related to ensuring food security. Achieving the country’s food security always depends on the ability of the state to overcome threats and risks of various kinds. There is the situation that requires a rapid study of information, accumulation of available resources, the creation of the necessary reserves and the determination of current directions for the development of the agrarian economy in such emergency conditions. But in these conditions, Russia has faced many problems that need to be addressed in the short term. The need for state support for agriculture in this situation is clear and more necessary than ever. At the same time, we must consider its features determining the directions, forms and methods of state support. The article determines that for the development of the agrarian economy and ensuring food security of the country require sustainable development of agricultural production, raw materials and food, the implementation of policies to support the neediest segments of the population and poverty alleviation, the development of interregional integration, the development of transport and logistics infrastructure to support the regions, support for farms, the formation of the state reserve of agricultural products, raw materials and products nutrition, the creation of a network of distribution centres under the mechanism of domestic food assistance to the population, etc.