Abstract
The objective is to substantiate theoretical and methodological approaches to the development of practical recommendations for ensuring food security as an indicator of the country’s socio-economic stability based on the sustainable development of the grain market. Methods include econometric analysis, comparison and generalization, systematization of factors to deter mine priority directions for transforming the grain sector in order to strengthen food potential and reduce import dependence, monographic method for studying theoretical aspects of the functioning of grain production and economic relations within the grain industry among its participants, and conjunctural analysis to study current trends in the grain sector considering conditions that directly affect it. Results – the authors note that the grain sector traditionally represents a strategic, multi-purpose, multifunctional, and system-forming segment of the national economy in general and the agro-industrial complex in particular, stimulating the expansion of related product and raw material clusters. The grain sector is vulnerable to natural-climatic and territorial challenges. Measures are required for diversification, infrastructure improvement, management of causes of instability, and adaptation to climate change. Particular attention should be paid to the introduction of innovative technologies, compliance with agrotechnical practices, and control over the supply of fertilizers, plant protection products, and modern high-performance machinery to agricultural producers. Conclusions – the existence of a stable legislative framework adequate to market relations, interregional and interstate grain relations, pricing that ensures cost recovery for producers, and a developed mechanism for economic risk insurance are essential. Priority development is given to large agricultural enterprises designed to serve a maximum number of economic entities geographically dispersed over significant distances