Strategy of agro-industrial complex development as the main condition of the national agri-food policy implementation

The essence of national food security is revealed, internal and external threats are identified, questions related to development of domestic agriculture and the country's entry into the WTO are asked. To justify the development of agro-industrial complex strategy, it is proposed to use the scenario approach, which involves construction of several alternatives under various conditions of external and internal environment, taking into account control actions, and includes four phases: analysis, research, modeling and organization. The conditions for the strategy of agro-industrial complex are defined. A set of organizational, economic and legislative measures to ensure the functioning of the agro-industrial complex that meets the requirements of raising standards of living in the village ofand to ensure national food security is grounded. Food security of the population is invited to be considered from three directions: first, from the standpoint of immediate food supply of the population, secondly, to protect it from low-quality food products, and thirdly, to protect domestic agricultural producers from large-scale imports of food.