Sustainable agricultural development is at the heart of the country’s food security

Agriculture is an important sector of the Russian economy, the effective development of which directly affects the country’s food security. The defining concept for the development of the agricultural sector is a strategy for sustainable processes not only in crop and livestock production, but also in rural areas, as well as the entire production complex. In the article, the authors substantiate that sustainable development is a model of social development that presupposes the establishment of a balance between meeting the needs of humanity and protecting the interests of future generations, and conclude that the sustainable development of the agricultural sector is influenced by the formation of full-fledged institutional support.