Assessment of Food Security in Kazakhstan by Accessibility Components

Abstract

Ensuring food security is one of the key problems of ensuring the country's national security. This problem is relevant in low-income countries, as well as in countries with large income gaps between different segments of the population. Kazakhstan belongs to the group of countries with a high level of risk in terms of food safety criteria. The article assesses food security at the country and regional levels, the results of which confirm the relevance of the problem of food security for Kazakhstan and its regions. It was revealed that in regions with low income and large differences in income. The article confirms the operation of Engel's law in Kazakhstan, by which the level of development of the country can be assessed. It's a positive relationship between the level of household expenditure on food products in the structure of total expenditure and income.

To conduct this study, analytical calculations of the availability of food products, financial security, and net exports were used. Methods of correlation and regression modeling with fixed effects adjusted for inflation indicators were used.

The results of this study can serve as a basis for developing more effective management strategies to address food security problems in Kazakhstan and conducting more in-depth scientific research in this area.

The study was conducted as part of the grant funding project  Ministry of Science and Higher Education on the topic (AP14871923) "Managing food security of the region in the context of global challenges based on the concept of DDDM".