The conditions of globalization transformations and economic challenges actualize the need for the formation of effective strategies to achieve national security targets. Geopolitical instability and the reformatting of markets have given special importance to the economic and food security of the country's regions. This article presents the results of theoretical and practical studies of food security of the territory. Territorial associations were chosen as the object of research: the North-Western Federal District (NWFD) and its constituent regions. The purpose of the study is to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the food security of the NWFD and its constituent regions. As an assessment tool, it is proposed to use the integral index (indicator) of food security of the territory. The proposed index takes into account various parameters, such as production, consumption of food products and the income factor of the population. To construct the study, a theoretical analysis was carried out in the field of economic and food security, a model for assessing the food security of the territory was considered and its approbation was carried out in the regions of the Northwestern Federal District. Successful testing of the innovative assessment model in real conditions of the regions allowed the authors to integrally assess the food security of the entire NWFD. Approbation of the model on statistical data 2013-2021. It has shown that there is a differentiation of the NWFD in terms of food security: taking into account climatic conditions, the NWFD provides itself by 70%, the leading positions in St. Petersburg are 80%, and the lowest level in the Republic of Karelia and the Arkhangelsk Region is 55% each. The results obtained can be practically used to monitor the state of food security and identify problems in territories of different levels for the development by competent authorities of measures to reduce their harmful effects or to completely level out.
Zaytsev et al. (Mon,) studied this question.