INTRODUCTION
The monograph includes 5 sections, each of which is devoted to a specific
problem of national economy’s sustainable development.
The first section “Evaluation of conformity of agricultural land use of Ukraine to
conditions for sustainable development – a part of food security monitoring”. On the
basis of the method developed by the author, a study on the indication of the economic,
ecological and social status of the sustainability of agricultural land use development
in Ukraine was carried. Indicators of the Indicator Model for monitoring the
sustainability of agricultural land use in Ukraine include indicators of state and
dynamics (specific and general), balance and result. The study period covers data for
1985-2015. The existing methods of determining the integral indicator for comparing
the land use constancy of the regions of Ukraine are analyzed and the own methodology
according to which the corresponding calculations and conclusions are made is
proposed by the author. On the basis of the obtained results, the conclusion about
coformity of agricultural land use in Ukraine to the requirements of sustainable
development is made. The conducted researches allow to estimate the level of
fulfillment of the corresponding tasks in order to achieve the goals of sustainable
development in Ukraine in 2016-2030, in particular the second goal (overcoming
hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable
agriculture development).
The second section “Formation of Monitoring Food Security System in Global
Dimension”. The article investigated the current state of affairs in the monitoring and
information provision of the food safety formation's and nutrition's areas in the early
stage of implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Ukraine and
in the world. The article highlights the key problems associated with the measurement
under monitoring progress towards the second objective of Sustainable Development
Goals (SDG 2), which is to eliminate the hunger, food security providing, nutrition
improving and sustainable agricultural development. Established key links both
between SDG 2 and others SDGs, described the main problems of monitoring of
achievements in improvement of food security and nutrition indicators. Established the
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