Determinants Of Rural Household Food Insecurity In Toke Kutaye District West Shoa Zone Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Abstract

This study focuses on analysing the determinants of farm households’ food insecurity the case for Toke kutaye district. Samples of 156 farm households selected through simple random sampling from the two kebeles of Toke kutaye district. Sources of data were both primary and secondary sources. The primary data collected through Interview schedule, FGD and KIIs methods. Quantitative data were analysed by descriptive statics and binary logistic model. The result of the descriptive statistic reveals that in the study area 67(42.9%) of the households were food in secured while 89 (57.1%) were food secured. The result poverty estimates indicate that the 24 hours, average consumption of food items by food insecure and food secure households were 2344 and 1657.93 kilocalories with standard deviation of 132.36 and 213.9 respectively. The result from Binary regression model revealed that out of ten variables hypothesized five of them, farm size, total livestock holding, education level of household head, participation in off-farm income sources and chemical fertilizers use were statistically significant and influence farm household food insecurity. All significant variables were influenced the households’ food insecurity negatively. Finally, it recommended that the government and other responsible bodies should ensure the integrated service provision of off-farm income diversification and supply of chemical fertilizer to overcome the food insecurity problem at the study area.