ENSURING THE FOOD SECURITY OF THE UNION STATE IS THE BASIS OF ITS UNIFIED AGRARIAN POLICY

Issue № 7, 2023, article № 10, pages 97-106

Language: Russian

Original language title: ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЕ ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВЕННОЙ БЕЗОПАСНОСТИ СОЮЗНОГО ГОСУДАРСТВА – ОСНОВА ЕГО ЕДИНОЙ АГРАРНОЙ ПОЛИТИКИ

Keywords: FOOD SECURITY, UNION STATE, UNIFIED AGRARIAN POLICY, AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD PRODUCTS, JOINT LARGE-SCALE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, AGRARIAN SPHERE OF THE ECONOMY, INTEGRATION, ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC MECHANISM, PREREQUISITES AND CONDITIONS, STRATEGIC PLANNING, EXPORT POLICY, ENSURING FOOD SECURITY OF THE UNION STATE

Abstract: In the context of the emerging new geopolitical reality and its uncertainty, the aggravation of interstate relations, as well as the strengthening of sanctions pressure, the need for accelerated adaptation of the agrarian sphere of the economy to various possible risks, threats, challenges and force majeure circumstances, which objectively necessitates closer cooperation between Russia and Belarus within the framework of the Union State. First of all, this, of course, concerns the reliable provision of national food security, the creation of export resources for agricultural and food products, and objectively requires closer cooperation between Russia and Belarus. Within the framework of the Union State, joint programs and projects are being implemented focused on import substitution in seed production, animal husbandry, expanding the types of agricultural products produced, economic regulation of individual product segments of the agri-food market, strengthening and expanding of trade and economic relations in the agrarian sphere of the economy, as well as in other spheres economic activity. All of them are directly or indirectly focused on ensuring the food security of the two countries, which is one of the key tasks of the Union State not only in modern conditions, but will continue to be in the near and more distant future. Since the key task of the development of the Union State is to reliably ensure the food security of the two countries, then, of course, the unified agrarian policy of the Union State should play an important role in its solution. Its formation is objectively conditioned by a relatively long period of close interaction between Russia and Belarus in the agrarian sphere of the economy. New geopolitical realities and the objective need to further strengthen and expand cooperation between Russia and Belarus in the agrarian sphere of the economy require the joint development of a Strategy and mechanisms for ensuring the food security of the Union State. It should define the main directions for the maximum integration of domestic agro-industrial complexes and joint vectors for the development of a single agrarian policy of the Union State. She is should contain a system of effective measures and mechanisms aimed at building up the production, socio-economic and especially agrarian potential of the Union, the development of agro-industrial cooperation, integrated import-substituting and export-oriented industries. Ultimately, all this should guarantee the food security of the Union State

Authors: Altukhov Anatolii Ivanovich