World food security: current state

Food security is directly related to nutrition and public health. It concerns the availability of food needed by people, its accessibility consumers, including financial aspects accessibility, utilization in sufficient quantity quality ensure full life, stability, i.e. ability resist negative changes that occur supply chains. a causal path begins with production leads consumption, going through stages stabilization stress management. Therefore, aim this paper consider essence investigate level analysis world rankings. Consequently, Global Security Index, which measures four areas – affordability, availability, safety, natural resources resiliencies considered paper. According ranking, first three places are occupied countries Western Europe Finland, Ireland, Netherlands. Except European countries, top 15 also include Israel, Japan, United States America, Canada, New Zealand. Ukraine ranks 54th out 113 countries. Positive only group «quality safety». The rest groups indicators for show trends. In particular, «food availability» access policy commitments» «political social barriers access» decreased more than thirty percent comparing previous year. Additionally, Hunger Index considered. This index based on undernourishment, child wasting, stunting, mortality. Despite tendency improvement regions world, value particularly dangerous Africa South Sahara, Asia. For Ukraine, indicator less 5, since 2006. fact classifies as low-risk area. Accordingly, shows currently second goal Sustainable Development Plan «Zero Hunger», unattainable 2030.