Development of the Agricultural Sector as a Factor of Ensuring Food Security of Kazakhstan in the Context of the EAEU

Abstract

In the framework of the integration associations, each state must ensure, first of all, its food security with the economically feasible development of the agricultural sector of the national economy. This study examined the food security of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the context of the integration of the Eurasian Economic Union members. The study proposes a method for calculating an integral indicator of food security in Kazakhstan, based on determining the weighted average value, taking into account the significance of each group of indicators. The final assessment is given according to the created scale of integrated assessment of food security. Three groups of indicators are used: food availability, availability and sufficiency of food consumption, quality and safety. The research results showed that the state of food security of the Republic of Kazakhstan during the examined period is assessed as insufficient, mainly due to a decrease in the availability of food and insufficient use of the resource potential of the agricultural sector. The study concluded that when solving practical problems, the methods for assessing food security do not allow researchers consider important characteristics of each country and use them for decision-making. It is necessary to further develop the methodological foundations for creating tools for measuring, evaluating and regulating the processes of interaction between the EAEU member states. The material is addressed to employees of state and municipal government bodies, economic educational institutions and the scientific community.

Data-Driven Management of Regional Food Security for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Kazakhstan

“…The external factors either cannot be influenced (like natural and climatic conditions) or can be influenced only at the state level, which is confirmed by the results of the study [14]. In particular, the main external factor in ensuring the FS of Kazakhstan is the presence of geopolitical risks.…”

“…Summarizing the components of regional FS, it can be argued that among researchers, a structural and systematic approach is predominant, focused on understanding the food structure of the local demographic population, formed from interconnected subsystems according to functional, organizational, resource, and technological characteristics [14] and aimed at uninterrupted, sufficient, and high-quality satisfaction of the physiological needs of the population with basic foodstuffs from internal and international sources [15]. The formation of the product supply relies not only on regional and national resources but also on the use of imported goods [16].…”

Towards sustainable development and food security via mixed fodder production

“…Organizational-economic relations are the central link in the overall system of production relations since they are formed and function not within but at the junction of production relations and productive forces (Stukach et al, 2022;Aslaeva, 2022). It is organizational-economic relations that are most susceptible to changes in the technical and economic basis of agro-industrial production and forms of its organization and are sensitive to them and, in turn, directly affect the improvement of productive forces.…”

“…Problems of formation and development of the grain-product subcomplex of the agroindustrial complex have been discussed in the works of many scientists, e.g. Vermel (1986), Stukach et al (2022), Pilipuk (2022), Bogomolova & Kotarev (2019), Mizanbekova et al (2021), Savostin et al (2021), Gim et al (2023). Studies in this direction in Kazakhstan are conducted by Kaliev & Moldashev (2021), Satybaldin & Zhunisbekova (2017), Iztaev et al (2019), Tireuov et al (2019), Akimbekova et al (2023), Kalykova (2020), Taubayev et al (2022).…”

Predicting Food Consumption to Reduce the Risk of Food Insecurity in Kazakhstan

“…Existing studies in Kazakhstan, in terms of theoretical methodology, include only the emergy method (Jia and Zhen 2021), the scenario approach (Khishauyeva et al 2017), and the method of integrated indicators (Stukach et al 2022). The new approach proposed in this article relies on neural network modelling, specifically tailored to the unique context of Kazakhstan's food consumption patterns, thereby enhancing our theoretical understanding of how socioeconomic factors intersect with food security issues.…”