Global Food Security: Condition, Problems and Areas of Provision

ANNOTATION.The issue of the relationship between trade and food security has not lost its relevance for decades, and the situation in the world caused by the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted in regulatory regime at the multilateral level, including the sustainable development goal (SDG) No. 2 on the elimination of hunger.This article analyses the theoretical and scientific aspects of the country's security and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy of Uzbekistan, as well as on the development of the country, detailed description and analysis of multilateral rules in the field of trade in agricultural products to meet current requirements for responding to food security, as well as the development of recommendations for adaptation of trade rules for these goods for Uzbekistan.The article reveals the economic essence of the global food problem in the context of sustainable development.It describes the approaches to determining the countries' food supply levels.The main determinants of international trade integration and its place in international cooperation to ensure food stability have been identified.Much attention has been paid to the institutional mechanisms to solve the global food problem and the exclusive role of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and informal coalitions and associations in it.The Coronavirus pandemic that shook the world affects not only Uzbekistan but also the economies of developed countries.The current situation in this area reduces Uzbekistan's business activity and investment attractiveness, seriously undermining the country's reputation in the international arena.Agriculture is one of the leading sectors of the economy of Uzbekistan, and the share of one in the gross domestic product of Uzbekistan amounted to 28.8%.