The paper overviews ways of achieving food security. The mechanisms of formation of food baskets were analyzed on the example of countries such as the USA, Canada and the Russian Federation. The authors, exploring the international aspect of the problem, implement the experience in the context of Kazakhstan. The research subject is may be defined as the phenomenon of food security in its global context. According to the relevance of the studied issues, a comparative analysis of the management mechanisms responsible for the formation of the main business processes in the field of providing the population with sufficient food was carried out. The relationship between the guaranteed level of food supply and compliance with the principles of social justice has been proved. The Republic of Kazakhstan does not face the threat of famine, however, there are certain problems associated with the peculiarities of food self-sufficiency, in particular, there is dependence on imports of a number of strategically important food products. It is shown how the level of self-sufficiency in food affects the state of food security based on the international situation and the current conjuncture of food markets.
