SUSTAINABILITY OF FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY IN ROMANIA. CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN

In the context of the preparations for the design of the National Strategic Plan (NSP), we appreciate that a realistic knowledge of the state of food security is likely to contribute to the design of some of the reforms to increase the sustainability of the agricultural sector. Among the main objectives of the NSP will be: fostering the development of an intelligent and adaptive agricultural sector; ensuring environmental protection and climate change mitigation; strengthening socio-economic cohesion of rural areas. The knowledge of Romania's place in the world through the use of the Food Security Indicator - on total and on components - highlighted the need: increasing the concerns of decision makers to ensure a sufficient and accessible agricultural offer, from an economic point of view, to the population; Romania's more active involvement in building sustainable food systems.