UDC 65.050.9

N.S. Morozyuk

Complex evaluation of food security of region

Aims. The article deals with deepening of theoretical principles of science about security as consequence of formation of complex evaluation of food security of the region. Methods: three-phase approach to determining the availability of food has been used to develop a comprehensive assessment of food security in the region. Results: hierarchical decomposition of indicators of physical, economic and social access to food has been formed on the principles of this approach. The definition of food security in the region has been specified regarding it as the socio-economic condition of the region which provides protection of vital interests of the local population due to adequate physical, economic and social access to food. Conclusion: logical-structural approach has been further developed: the concept of this approach has been applied to the complex assessment of food security in the region and supplemented the theory of structural harmony of systems in developing a hierarchical decomposition of indicators of physical, economic and social access to food.

Keywords: evaluation, food safety, region, availability of food, indicator.

Information about the authors:

Morozyuk N.S. – Senior Lecturer, Department of Accounting and Audit, Odessa State Agrarian University, Odessa, Ukraine.

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