Assessment of Food Security in the East Kazakhstan Region

Aigerim Duisenbekova1, Alina Daniłowska2
1 L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, 2 Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Duisenbekova, Aigerim; ORCID: 0000-0001-9167-8076 (L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan)
Daniłowska, Alina; ORCID: 0000-0002-4977-3210 (Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie)
Assessment of Food Security in the East Kazakhstan Region
Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW w Warszawie - Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego, 2021, vol.21(36), nr 3, s. 4-13

Słowa kluczowe

sustainability agriculture agri-food policy food security

Key words

sustainability agriculture agri-food policy food security

JEL Classification

Q01 Q10 Q18

Streszczenie

The article assesses the food security of one region of Kazakhstan - the East Kazakhstan region. In the analyses, criteria such as the level of the region’s food independence, the degree of satisfaction of the population’s physiological needs in basic food, and the level of economic availability of food were applied. The research has shown that the food security in the East Kazakhstan region was at an acceptable level. However, some threats to food security were identified, including: a high level of income differentiation among the households of the East Kazakhstan region, an increase in the price index for food products, and a significant proportion of the population with incomes below the subsistence minimum. The results of the evaluation can be useful for creating agri-food policy measures that will ensure, maintain and improve the level of food security at both a regional and national level.

Abstract

The article assesses the food security of one region of Kazakhstan - the East Kazakhstan region. In the analyses, criteria such as the level of the region’s food independence, the degree of satisfaction of the population’s physiological needs in basic food, and the level of economic availability of food were applied. The research has shown that the food security in the East Kazakhstan region was at an acceptable level. However, some threats to food security were identified, including: a high level of income differentiation among the households of the East Kazakhstan region, an increase in the price index for food products, and a significant proportion of the population with incomes below the subsistence minimum. The results of the evaluation can be useful for creating agri-food policy measures that will ensure, maintain and improve the level of food security at both a regional and national level.