Growth of food security of the Southern federal district

The purpose of this article is to identify the ways to improve food security in the Southern Federal District. Food security of the country is provided by regions that have a high potential for sustainable growth in quantitative and qualitative indicators of agricultural production, formation of sustainable forms of regional and interstate strategic cooperation on a mutually beneficial basis. The scientific and theoretical foundations of food security in papers of domestic and foreign scientists are analyzed, and the features of strategic directions for the achievement of self-sufficiency in basic food products are determined. The difference in approaches and specific features of the social and economic development of Russia and the natural and climatic potential that influences the formation of agricultural specialization are determined. The study uses general logical research methods, the systematic and situational approach, the analysis of agricultural statistics of the Southern Federal District. The article provides a detailed analysis of indicators of agricultural production in the regions of the Southern Federal District, identifies trends and directions of the development of the crop and livestock industries. The article provides a detailed analysis of the indicators of agricultural production in the regions of the Southern Federal District, identifies trends and directions in the development of the crop and livestock industries. The features of the leading districts that should become the basis of the agricultural strategy in the long term period are revealed. A system of measures that contribute to the improvement of food security in the Southern Federal District has been identified and the methods for their solution have been suggested. The main measure is government support, subsidizing and stimulation of the innovation process. The re-equipment of specialized industrial enterprises should be carried out at a high pace in the conditions of agri-food clusters and network interaction. The analysis of agricultural indicators of the district allows us to draw conclusions about the sufficient level of food security in several regions of the Southern Federal District which have high indicators of quantitative production and ensure a high level of consumption within the region, as well as allow increasing the export of certain product categories. Further development of scientific research in this area should be associated with the formation of areas for project financing of the agro-industrial complex and agriculture in the field of technological modernization, personnel policy, the acquisition of new management and production competencies, and the strengthening of the scientific potential of the crop and livestock industries.