Problems of ensuring food security and achieving technological sovereignty of Russia in the field of agriculture

The article discusses the main approaches to the definition of food security and the conditions for its provision. The purpose of the article is to identify the factors influencing the achievement of food security and technological leadership. Objectives: to study the approaches to food security and the factors influencing them, to determine the dynamics of achieving food security in Russia, and the problems associated with Russia’s technological lag in agribusiness. Results: the scientific discussion on achieving food security, the change of the state doctrine and the national project aimed at achieving food security are analyzed. 

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