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Food security: Problems of assessing
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2015-5-63-78
Abstract
The article is focused on the problem of monitoring and evaluation of food security. The necessity of changing the existing Russian approaches is proved, a system of indicators and methods of their calculation are proposed, calculations of integral index of food independence are developed, economic access to the food for the population with different income levels is estimated. Regions with threats of social instability associated with limited economic access to food for a large part of the population are revealed.
Keywords
food security,
food sovereignty,
food security status indicators,
methods of assessment of food security
JEL: Q18, Q17, Q13
About the Authors
N. Shagaida
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Moscow, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
V. Uzun
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Moscow, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
References
1. FAO (2013). The state of food insecurity in the world. The multiple dimensions of food security. Rome. http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3434e/i3434e.pdf.]
2. Kurbanova G. (2013). Overview of food security in the Eurasian region. Proceedings of the round table “Development of the Eurasian integration and trade in order to ensure the sustainability of agriculture and food security”, Eurasian Economic Commission, Moscow, September 12. (In Russian).
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For citations:
Shagaida N., Uzun V. Food security: Problems of assessing. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2015;(5):63-78. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2015-5-63-78
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