Ensuring Food Security in the Context of Agricultural Development / Պարենային Անվտանգության Ապահովումը Գյուղատնտեսության Զարգացման Համատեքստում

In recent years, many challenges of different scales have appeared in the field of food security both in Armenia and around the world. Problems of food security are directly related to food independence and economic security of the country. At the same time, food security is closely related to the spheres of agriculture, healthcare, education and environmental protection, and being a constantly developing system, it bears the consequences of changes in the social and economic environment. Moreover, the development of the agricultural sector is one of the main guarantors of the food security of the population. In this context, it is important to study the change in annual amounts of credit funds, foreign investments, as well as budget allocations provided to agriculture, and evaluate their effectiveness. In order to assess factors affecting the volume of gross agricultural production, such as agricultural credit, foreign investments and allocations from the state budget, a correlation and regression analysis was conducted․