LEGAL ASPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF ENSURING FOOD SECURITY IN NEW UZBEKISTAN

This article is dedicated to a comprehensive study of the legal aspects and problems of ensuring food security in the context of the formation of New Uzbekistan. The concept of “food security” was analyzed, and its essence was revealed from the standpoint of international standards and approaches. The study showed that food security has its own characteristics of state and development, which are determined by a system of quantitative and qualitative indicators reflecting the level of satisfaction of the population’s needs for safe and affordable food products. It has been established that ensuring food security in New Uzbekistan is one of the key tasks of the state, is considered a priority of national policy, and falls within the sphere of national interests. The article emphasizes that food security is one of the contemporary global problems, and the level of its achievement directly depends not only on the ecological state of a particular region but also on the state’s ongoing environmental, agrarian, and social policies. It is noted that the adoption by the state of necessary measures aimed at ensuring the population’s self-sufficiency in food products is an important direction. The effectiveness of existing legislative norms and practical measures being implemented to strengthen food security was analyzed. Statistical and analytical data presented by international organizations were reviewed, based on which the achievements of New Uzbekistan in the field of food security were identified. As a result of the research, systemic deficiencies and gaps in legislation have been identified that need to be addressed. Additionally, the author proposes a new definition of the term “food security.”