Methodology for assessing the loss of agricultural products in conditions of ensuring food security

Abstract

Ensuring food security in many countries of the world is considered a pressing problem of today. The post-Covid period throughout the world is characterized by a decrease in population incomes, rising prices for food products, means of production and energy resources, accompanied by worsening hunger. A mitigating circumstance of the current situation and in solving the problem of the population’s lack of the most basic microelements and vitamins, the inclusion of melon products in the diet is an important means of ensuring food security. In the context of global climate change, environmental and political crises, increasing the volume of cultivation of melon products will make a sufficient contribution to providing the population with safe food. Therefore, in prestigious scientific institutions and centers around the world, the scope of research has been expanded in such areas as the development of the industry on an innovative basis, the organization of non-traditional production, and the cultivation of organic melons. Special attention is paid to scientific research aimed at solving problems of developing melon growing on protected lands, creating competitive varieties and hybrids in melon growing, reducing quality losses during storage and transportation of products, organizing waste-free production of cultivated products.