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Economic access of food in the Nizhny Novgorod region as a factor of regional food security

Shibarshina N.I.

E-mail: nnovniish@rambler.ru

The article estimates the economic access to food and the purchasing power of the population of the Nizhny Novgorod region. The necessity of strengthening of state control over the pricing of food and state support of agricultural producers is shown.

Keywords: food, affordability, purchasing power, consumer prices