МЕТОДИЧНІ ПОЛОЖЕННЯ ЩОДО ОЦІНКИ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ ПРОДОВОЛЬЧОЇ БЕЗПЕКИ НА ЗАСАДАХ СТАЛОГО РОЗВИТКУ.

The article proposes a methodical approach to a comprehensive assessment of national food security by links of the agri-food value chain on the basis of sustainable development. Methodical provisions for the assessment of food security in the agricultural sector (raw material link of the value chain) and a system of general and specific indicators have been developed, which has included national and author's indicators of sustainable development. The author's contribution to the evaluation system is determined by the general indicators of the sectoral resource and environmental capacity of gross value added, as well as structural indicators of investment support for the rational use of nature in the sector. On the basis of the developed methodical provisions the estimation of a condition of food safety in agrarian sector of economy of Ukraine has been carried out, tendencies and problems of its sustainable development have been defined. The low level of realization of tasks concerning investment and innovation maintenance of rational nature use in agrosphere has been established. Thus, the share of capital investments in environmental protection in the total capital investments of the sector is only 0.01%. The agricultural sector is one of the most water-intensive sectors of the national economy, according to the indicator of water intensity of gross value added, it ranks second. Among the sectors of the economy, agriculture is the smallest energy consumer and the least waste- and carbon-intensive sector. An expert and comprehensive assessment of the positioning of the agricultural sector according to its contribution to the sustainable development of the state has been carried out. It has been established that among the sectors of the economy the agro-sphere has the highest level of implementation of tasks on sustainable use of natural resource potential and reduction of eco-destructive impact on the state of the environment. The main directions of food security in the agricultural sector of Ukraine have been substantiated, in particular: growth of state expenditures on innovations in the priority thematic area «Problems of food security», incentives for agricultural producers to introduce resource-saving technologies and organic production, incentives to unite farms into organic cooperatives, development of infrastructure for waste processing, balancing of restrictive and compensatory methods and regulatory measures based on European practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]