Abstract:
The study aimed to examine the Effects of food security among rural households in Wolmera district of West Shoa zone of Oromia. Both probability and non-probability sampling techniques were employed. To identify the problem, primary sources and primary methods of data collection through survey questionnaire was carried out. Both descriptive and econometrics analysis were employed to meet the objectives of the study. According to the survey result 27.5 percent of the farm households have low level of trust in the community where as about 72.50 percent of the sample households believe they have high level of trust in the study area. Hence, food insecurity is a key problem and challenges in the study district; 34% of the sampled households of the district were food insecure. After endogeneity problems among different factors are detected, binary logistic regression was run to identify on Effect of food security status. The results revealed that education of the household head, trust, livestock holding, access to information and total land cultivated were strongly and positively related to household food security; while sex of the household head had a negative influence on household food security. Accordingly, the study recommends that, hence, social capital levels have a favourable role on food security and nutrition security of farm households, enhancing household social capital and using it as a possible input for development programs has the potential to reduce food insecurity and enhance nutrition among smallholder farmers of the study area.
