The article shows that the achievement of the thresholds pointed in the Food Security Doctrine for the period up to 2030 does not ensure that the per capita consumption of basic foodstuffs is brought up to rational norms. The need to improve the sustainability of food security in Russia is noted. It has been established that this problem has not received due attention in the indicated Doctrine. The main factors on which the success of solving this problem depends are listed. These include the development of the economy and an increase in employment and income of the population, the optimization of inter- and intra-sectoral relations, the creation of favorable conditions for the development of small business in agriculture, an increase of the regions’ self-sufficiency with basic types of food. Expressed the expediency of reflecting the listed factors in the section “Risks and Threats to Food Security” of the named Doctrine. The necessity of taking effective measures aimed at taking these factors into account has been substantiated.
The development of consumer cooperation in agriculture is one of the main conditions for solving many existing problems, including food security. However, in Russia this is not taken into account to the proper extent. So, for a quarter of a century after the Federal Law No. 193-FZ “On Agricultural Cooperation” adoption, it was not possible to significantly increase the share of agricultural products processed and sold through consumer cooperatives. At the same time, the integration processes in the industry are going on actively, that indicates the stimulation of property monopolization and the concentration of production in it. This hampers the solution of the food security problem, the development of consumer cooperation in the industry, the growth of employment and income in the countryside, and the solution of other important problems. The article substantiates the expediency and ways how to harmoniously combine integration and cooperation processes in the industry, as well as the principles that should be followed for this.
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