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    DETERMINANTS OF FOOD SECURITY IN THE RURAL HOUSEHOLDS OF SILITI WOREDA, SILITE ZONE, SNNPR, ETHIOPIA
    (2019-06) MIFTA ABDELLA MUSTEFA
    Household food security issues have become the concern of national governments as well as the international communities during the last few decades. Despite some improvements in recent years, poverty and food insecurity remain widespread and the main challenges in Ethiopia. The vast majority of extraordinarily poor households live in rural areas that are heavily reliant on rain fed agriculture. In Ethiopia, the Snnpr region in particular, has been prone to much suffering in the past, and was one of the hardest hit areas. An understanding of the major determinants of food security is important for interventions aiming at minimizing food insecurity. Therefore the objectives of this study were identified determinants of food security among rural households Siliti district of Silite Zone and were collected Sample from 256 households drawn from 7 randomly selected sample kebeles through interview schedule. Descriptive statistics and Econometric analysis were used. Logit model were employed of data analysis. The survey results indicate that 34.38 % of the respondents were food secure, while 65.63% were food insecure. Results also indicate that there was a significant mean difference between the food secure and food insecure households. The study reveals that reducing numbers and quantity of meals, sales of livestock, purchase food on cash, borrowing grain/ cash from others and eating less preferred food were some of frequently practiced coping mechanisms in study area. The Logit result shows that marital status household head, marital status of household head, use of chemical fertilizer, and size of cultivated land, total income of household, credit access and Social capital were found to be significant in determining household food security. Generally, the study recommends that proactive policy which facilities the family planning techniques, expansion of infrastructure services, as well as awareness creation on better utilization of credit with expansion of credit access should be integrated as food security efforts.