World Soybean Market in the View of Regional Food Security (Late XX - early XXI century)

Abstract

The article deals with the analysis of the world soybean market development in the conditions of increasing world famine. Food security level is estimated by the indexes of consumption of the main microelements, first of all protein. Modern world developments and current social economic problems lead to the food shortage increase. A steady demand is forming for the low-cost and high-quality alternative to meat protein in the conditions of price skyrocketing for the products of animal origin. The main goal of the article is to define the influence of soybean market on the global food security level, especially in countries that are facing most problems. The world soybean market is estimated according to the following: harvested area, yield, production, price, export, import. The main trends of the soybean economy are estimated on the basis of 6 above mentioned factors. The regional approach to the study of the world soybean market problem allows us to make a forecast as to the progressive and regressive ways of food security problem solution.