SPATIAL CONDITIONALITY OF ESTABLISHING BOUNDARIES FOR ENSURING FOOD SECURITY IN THE BORDER REGION

The article raises the problem of spatial determinacy of food security in the border regions of Russia. It proves the need to take into account such components of food supply in the border regions of Russia as dependence on imports, self-sufficiency and self-sufficiency. For the period 2019-2023, an assessment was made of the general level of food self-sufficiency in the border regions of Russia for the main food groups (meat and meat products, milk and dairy products, eggs, potatoes, vegetables, fruits). It has been established that for most border regions food self-sufficiency is generally below the Russian average, with its characteristic heterogeneity in individual types of food. Significant disproportions in the organization of food production by agroclimatic zones have been revealed. This is a consequence of both the openness of most border regions and the development of disunited and poorly integrated production in the absence of a systemic state policy to ensure rational spatial organization of agriculture. In the interests of ensuring food security in border regions and the Russian Federation as a whole, an effective organization of food production is proposed, taking into account agroclimatic conditions, the economic and geographical position of the regions and the capacity of markets: development of interregional exchange, creation of reserves and stocks of food and agricultural raw materials, organization of transportation of products taking into account state support.