Abstract
The study examines food security status and factors affecting it among farming household in Kano State, Nigeria. A total of 240 respondents were selected using a multistage sampling technique. Data were collected and analyzed using a schedule questionnaire and descriptive statistics respectively. The result showed that Majority are male ( 91.3 %) and 52.5% with education attainment below secondary school education. The mean age of the respondents is 44 years with an average of household number of 6people and an average income of 100, 708 Naira on a monthly basis. The study revealed an insignificant percentage (5%) of respondents as food secured while 95% were food insecure. Some of the factors claimed for food security status with their mean score include unavailability of local production of food consumed in the community(2.68), variability in weather(2.56), household income(2.66) as well as poor hygiene and manufacturing practices (2.39).It is thereby recommended that more effort should be made by the extension workers through government policies to educate the farmers more on reducing the effect of climate change in their production, diverse ways of storing their produce for later use and training on improving hygiene in handling food produce as well as best processing technique practices in order to retain food nutritional value. These will go a long way in increasing their income and healthy living.
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