Nyzhnyk I. Protection of food interests of Ukraine's population in the conditions of globalization

The dissertation is devoted to the substantiation of theoretical and methodological principles and to the development of practical recommendations for the protection of food interests of the Ukrainian population in the conditions of globalization. The object of the research is the process of forming a system of interrelated administrative measures aimed at protecting the food interests of Ukraine's population in the conditions of globalization. The subject of the study was a set of theoretical, methodological and practical principles for the formation of a system of interconnected instruments of state regulation of the economy of direct and indirect nature, designed to ensure the protection of the food interests of the Ukrainian population in conditions of increasing the openness of the national economy. The connection between food security and protection of food interests of the population as a link between positive and normative in economic science is substantiated. It is substantiated the impossibility of using imports for the elimination of seasonal food shortages and the containment of relevant prices as long as the currency market of Ukraine is experiencing a permanent devaluation of the national currency due to a chronic deficit of the balance of payments. With the aid of the empirical method, it is proved that directing part of the export grain to pork production in volumes equal to its imports is less loss-making for the national economy than eliminating the domestic shortage of pig meat by import. It is alleged that a food aid program should be introduced to protect the food interests of the most vulnerable social groups in the population. It is concluded that the increase of public expenditures on food aid has not only high social but also economic effect.