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Abstract

The study provides information on approaches to the problem of ensuring of Food security in the country. The levels and the models of Food security and the theoretical aspects of national Food security are investigated in this research. It was found that there are five levels of Food security that go from total autonomy in the food supply to the total dependence from the exporters. The models also represent the ideas from two different approaches to the economy: Protectionism and Free Market. The strategic goal of Food security is to provide the population of the country with the safe agricultural and fish products. International specialization and cooperation contributes to the achievement of food supply and demand balance that helps to prevent food crises and ensure Food security at the international level. Stability of domestic production, as well as the availability of the necessary resources is the guarantee for achieving of national Food security. This study provides evidence that the competitiveness of national business in food market should be increased to develop Economy and to ensure Food security. This problem could be solved due to the mobilization of competitive advantages of domestic companies. For Russian food and trade companies main competitive advantages are: natural resources, unoccupied territories, production facilities, cheap labor force and cooperation with other Russian organizations and international business. In conclusion it was mentioned that to enhance the food manufacturers' competitive potential it is necessary to create a fair trading environment that ensures Food security for the population and allows Russian manufacturers of different sizes to grow.