Sustainable Development of Russian Regional Economy for Provision of Food Security: Successful Experience and New Approaches

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study successful experience and to develop new approaches to provision of food security in modern Russian through increase of sustainability of regional economy’s development. Methodology of conduct of scientific research is based on the use of the method of quantitative (statistical) research, as well as the method of induction, deduction, systematization, and formalization. The authors determined presence, essence, reasons, dynamics, and depth of the problem of food security in modern Russia and distinguished peculiarities and drawbacks of subsidizing approach to solving the problem of food security in modern Russia. The main conclusion consists in proving the fact that regional economy of modern Russia is peculiar for the problem of food security. The main reason for emergence of the problem of food security in modern Russia is unsustainable development of regional economy. The subsidizing approach used for solving it over the recent years does not allow closing the gap between the volume of production and consumption of food in Russian economy. The authors developed new approaches to solving the problem of food security in modern Russia oriented at achievement of sustainability of regional economy’s development.