FOOD INDUSTRY OF VENEZUELA:THE CRISIS IN THE CONSUMER MARKET

The article is devoted to the problems of economic development of Venezuela, caused by food crisis. The crisis is accompanied by deficit of staple foods throughout the country because of unstable system of delivery of food in state stores. Moreover, there are exist of black foodmarket which fixes its prices iteratively higher. The authors emphisize the quality of life of the population fell to a record level in recent years in Venezuela that requires immediate government action. The authors identify and characterize the measures of state supervision in food industry in current conditions, in particular, the main directions of implementation of the program Misión Alimentación ("Mission Nutrition") are pointed out in the article. The authors attempt to formulate measures to improve the state food policy of Venezuela, directed to overcoming the crisis situation.

food crisis, Venezuela, "Mission Nutrition", a deficiency of foods, government regulation of the food industry