Open AccessAssessment of Food Self-Sufficiency and Food Independence Based on the Analysis of Production and Consumption Data
Author(s) -
L.P. Koroleva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/666/6/062006
Subject(s) - food security , independence (probability theory) , consumption (sociology) , self sufficiency , food consumption , agriculture , production (economics) , food processing , environmental economics , agricultural economics , economics , statistics , political science , mathematics , social science , geography , sociology , microeconomics , law , archaeology
The paper considers the problem of different understanding of the content of food self-sufficiency and food independence, the problem of methodology for assessing these criteria as components of food security. The author made an attempt to systematize the indicators according to the differences in the assessment method and the purpose of indicators, carried out a critical analysis of the methods. The author compares the indicators developed by The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the CIS Statistical Committee (Russia), an analysis of the method that takes into account rational nutritional standards and the method for assessing the overall level of independence of the country, included in the Food Security Doctrine. There were proposed modifications of the methods for calculating indicators by the author.