DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD SECURITY IN VISEGRAD COUNTRIES AFTER EU ACCESSION

After the EU accession agriculture in Visegrad countries went through difficult times, sometimes called second phase of agricultural transformation. Production patterns changed as well as changed self-sufficiency in particular products. And because land is being constantly lost, not only due to urbanisation processes, food availability and food security becomes a policy agenda. Main aim of this contribution is to determine development of the index of food security in Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) between 2004 and 2015. Partial aims are comparison of the resulting index among countries and identify the main variables in the reporting period affecting the overall result. The Index of Food Security (IFS) is evaluated using base index, where year 2004 was selected as base due to the EU accession. Based on reached results it can be concluded, that in the Czech Republic food security fluctuated significantly over the examined period, but in long-term perspective it does not change a lot. The IFS is rather stable in Hungary, the only exception was in 2007 and 2011. In Poland, Index of Food Security is rather constant with the exception of 2006 and 2014. Index is very stable in Slovakia, neither significant increase nor decrease is observed.