Features of agrarian and legal components of modern food security

The article deals with the issues of agrarian and legal components of modern food security. It is emphasized that food security is a complex category, and therefore it should be studied using the knowledge of both jurisprudence and other sciences, in particular economics. The author establishes an undeniable interconnection between national and global food security. This is due to the fact that the world is in a single globalized agricultural chain, which allows growing, processing and distributing agricultural products between different countries. It is emphasized that food security is aimed at realizing the human right to adequate food. At the same time, the realization of any right means the operation of a certain mechanism consisting of a set of actions and processes aimed at achieving the desired result. In the phenomenon of food security, one can identify the existence of public and private legal interests which have one vector - maintenance of an adequate standard of living. The author substantiates the expansion of the range of food security principles which should be considered as follows: independence, accessibility, quality, adequacy, self-sufficiency, reasonableness, good faith, justice It is established that under martial law the legal regime of food security should differ from the usual food security regime, in particular, it is additionally necessary to support agricultural producers, to guarantee certain specific measures (demining, de-mining, etc.). The author identifies the fundamental agrarian and legal components of food security in wartime: administration of the State's food security system; legal support for food security; provision of the population with quality and affordable food; logistics support for agribusiness; logistics support for agricultural production; regulation of the balance of exports and imports of agricultural products; updating and continuation of the formation of the State food reserve; international support for food security in Ukraine. The author identifies and characterizes the vulnerabilities of agrarian and legal components of food security under martial law. It is established that the logistical support of food security in wartime is divided into the following stages: 1) 24.02. – 17.07. 2022 – the critical state of agrarian logistics, which was limited and suspended as a result of the outbreak of hostilities; 2) 17.07.2022 – 18.07.2023 – agrarian logistics in the context of the "grain deal"; 3) from July 18, 2023 – the search for new logistics routes.

food security, agricultural products, agribusiness, material and technical support, agricultural land, logistics.