Household Food Security in Kazakhstan

Livestock products of households in ensuring food security in Kazakhstan

“…Considering the volume of livestock products produced for all categories of farms (in live weight), we observe that most of the products are produced in households, then in households [20][21][22][23][24].…”

“…The country's food security is ensured through the formation and use of regional stabilization funds for food products, by monitoring the level of food security, as well as by excluding the purchase of genetically modified food products, food products containing genetically modified organisms [2,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. The indicators of the sustainability of the food security system are also the level of quality and safety of food.…”

“…Further development of food markets can be seen in the context of growth in effective demand of the population, trends in the world market and the possible strengthening of Kazakhstan's positions in the foreign market, including through the countries of crossborder cooperation. There is a possibility of an increase in value added not due to an increase in physical volumes, but due to diversification and shifts in the structure of production [20][21][22][23][24][25][26].…”

“…In turn, the state program for the development of the agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2017-2021 is aimed at ensuring the production of competitive products in demand in the markets in the agrarian sector of the national economy. The main indicators of this program are: growth in labor productivity in agriculture; growth of gross agricultural production (services); growth in the volume of exports of food products; decrease in the volume of imports of food products and others [8,[22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

“…Thus, the well-known Kazakhstani macroeconomist A. Yessentugelov emphasizes: "... Support to the agro-industrial complex is to ensure the employment of a large army of villagers and workers of processing enterprises, support the agricultural industry so that it continues to stably produce grain, meat and other products, without which it would be impossible to ensure food security , this is to ensure the work of processing enterprises ... " [3, p.71]. It should be noted here that the modern agrarian policy of Kazakhstan is aimed at providing further support to agricultural sectors, which makes the agro-industrial complex even more attractive for investment activities [21][22][23][24][25].…”