FOOD SECURITY FOR POPULATION OF KAZAKHSTAN: EXPERIENCE AND PROBLEM
Food security is the most important condition for the sustainable functioning and development of society, the basis of national security of the State. Ensuring food security is a complex and multifaceted problem, and functioning of the domestic agro-industrial complex is aimed at the solution of this task. The article defines three levels of food supply for the population. The cumulative specific share of domestic and imported production in food con-sumption is shown. In the structure of food production, the industries that occupy the main share are identified. Production factors that result in reduction of the competitiveness of Kazakhstani products in comparison with imported ones, cooperation mechanisms contributing to the increase in production efficiency are considered.