Methodological approaches to the definition of food problems and food security in the global economy

in domestic and foreign literature, the food problem and food security do not have established terminology. In addition, the definitions of these concepts have changed over time and become more and more complex. The relevance of the topic is due to the lag in achieving the sustainable development goals to eliminate hunger by 2030, as well as a 2-fold increase in the number of queries over the past 20 years that include the food problem. The purpose of the article is to supplement the terminology base by analyzing approaches to defining the food problem and food security. The results of the study showed the need to improve the existing terminology. Therefore, the author structured, according to the identified stages, approaches to defining the problem of hunger in the form of a table and based on this, supplemented the definitions of the food problem and food security. The use of supplemented terminology of the food problem will allow governments, international intergovernmental organizations and private investors to focus their efforts and support to overcome hunger in key areas. During the study, the author selected the following key areas: demography, the impact of globalization, production losses, food delivery and consumption, limited arable land, technological development of the agro-industrial complex, food safety and quality, inflation processes and global food crises. Thus, the achieved results of the work can be used for further study of the food problem and food security in the global economy.

food problem, food security, hunger, nutrition security