The paper measured food security status among farming households in Lagelu Local Government area Oyo State, Nigeria. The complexity of the issue of food security makes it more imperative for such study as it will contribute to the already existing literature on food security. Well-structured questionnaire was used to source information from 120 randomly selected farming households. Descriptive statistics, and regression analysis were used to analyze the data. About 66.7% of the households were food insecure. The factors influencing food security status were gender, age, level of education, marital status and primary occupation of the respondents. The study recommends that Government should endeavor to empower the rural households through empowerment and intervention programmes in order to assist them in income generation. The respondents in the study area should try as much as possible to adopt suitable birth control methods to control the large household sizes and imbibe in income generation and diversification.
Keywords:Farming Households, Food Security Index, Livelihood, Nigeria
