Food Security Status of Farming Households in Ogbomoso Agricultural Zone

This study analyzed food security status of farming household in Ogbomoso agricultural zone, Nigeria. Multistage random sampling technique was used in selecting the respondent for the study. In the first stage, 60 % of the total number of villages in Ogbomosho North (3 villages) and Ogbomoso South Local Government Areas (4 villages) were randomly selected while 10 % of the villages in Ogo-Oluwa LGA (16 villages) were selected making a total of 23 villages. The third stage, 10 % of the number of household in Ogbomosho North and South Local Government Areas were randomly sampled as well as 0.5 % of the number of household in Ogo-Oluwa Local Government Area, to give a total of 148 households as respondents for the study. Data were subjected to descriptive statistics and food security index. The household made food (42.6 % and mean of N13122.09) and education (21.95 % and mean of N6761.49) priorities in their expenditure profile. About 37 % of household are not food secured. Thus, an appreciable number of the respondents were not food secured. Food insecurity should be totally eradicated by given credit facilities of low interest rate and technical support to farmers. Keywords-Food security index; household expenditure. 1