FOOD SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY IN CONDITIONS OF UNSTABLE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

Today, issues of food security and food self-sufficiency are becoming increasingly important, especially in conditions of instability and uncertainty, and their solution is one of the main conditions for the sustainable development of any country or region. Therefore, ensuring food security is one of the most pressing issues at both the national and global levels. This article examines the issue of ensuring national food security in the context of the KOWID 2019 pandemic and its consequences, emerging tensions in the world, as well as the general instability and complexity of the external environment. The issues under consideration have been widely studied in the works of domestic and foreign scientists. This publication describes the main methods and concepts used in scientific research, and also presents a comparative analysis of the studies. Aspects of the development of research in the field of food safety are considered. The topic is widely reflected in scientific research. The study is based on the use of bibliometric analysis methods and tools (R package Bibliometrix): 681 scientific articles were retrieved from the Scopus database. Key words: food security, sustainable agriculture, environmental change, literature review, bibliometric analysis.