MONITORING OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF FOOD SECURITY IN RUSSIA

The article presents the monitoring of socio-economic indicators of food security in Russia. The evaluation criteria were indicators of self-sufficiency in food, the share of food expenditures, and the purchasing power of the median per capita monetary income of the population, the level of poverty, caloric intake and balanced diet, demonstrating how the current level of development of the agricultural sector and real disposable incomes of the population ensures rational food consumption. The trends of a decrease in the purchasing power of monetary incomes of the population both in the whole country and among individual subjects of the Russian Federation in the context of an inflationary increase in the general price level are revealed. The difference in the ratio of the value of the actual established consumer basket to the rational (recommended) value in the whole country in 2020 was 7.0%, and in 2023 – 19.0%, respectively. There is an economic limitation of the population in the consumption of fruits, vegetables, milk and dairy products. It has been established that the implementation of measures aimed at stimulating meat production in precocious livestock sectors, including domestic poultry and pig farming, has contributed not only to a high level of food self-sufficiency, but also to the economic accessibility of this type of food. The subjects of the Russian Federation were typologized according to the level of self-sufficiency in key types of agricultural products, economic accessibility and food sufficiency, which made it possible to group the country's territories by types differing in the level of development of the agricultural sector, the purchasing power of household incomes, and food quality, differentiate the directions of federal and regional agri-food policy, and develop internal logistics links in certain segments of the agri-food market and territories., It is reasonable to manage the interregional exchange of food, assess the situation with economic and social accessibility and form the necessary measures to improve the quality and standard of living of the population, the development of the agricultural sector of the country.