Within the common agricultural policy arose in connection to temporary or permanent land disuse for agricultural activity a new phenomenon. One of the effective solutions of utilization of those localities is cultivation of energy crops. Agricultural land is necessary from the strategic reason for the direct agricultural usage, therefore for such level of plant cultivation and the livestock breeding that is not a threat for food safety of population. Secondary agricultural land can also be used for purposes other than food production. There is also a fear that the increase of production of non-food purposes will contribute to biodiversity loss and to the lack of food mainly in the developing countries. The objective of the contribution is to provide overview of opportunities for secondary land resources use in Slovakia. The usage of land resources for non-food purposes can't be in conflict with the self- -sufliciency and food security of the country.