Some Issues of Food Security and Sustainable Development of Rural Areas

Abstract

The article considers some issues related to increasing the efficiency of agricultural production of the country as well as some measures for its sustainable development. For this purpose, the authors analyzed resources available in the country, assessed the level of food insecurity, and marked the threshold values. Besides, they provided a critical evaluation of certain actions and attempts undertaken by the state to work out and implement measures for the development of the agro-food complex, which, for a variety of reasons, have not given the desired results. In this regard, they stress the importance of adopting the food security act, underline the need for considerable investment into agricultural sector, make a suggestion to work out the program for the development of rural areas. In order to avoid a large scale social disruption, food deficiency and, eventually, loss of national sovereignty the country can face with, the authors propose to take timely measures for immediate settlement of urgent problems concerning the process of investment into the agro-industrial complex.

Keywords

• food security
• sustainable development
• agricultural policy
• agribusiness
• agro-industrial complex
• national sovereignty
• world trade organization