This paper investigated food insecurity determinants
among rural household in Nigeria using farm-level data collected on
220 rural farm households from Benue State. Data were analysed
using Tobit regression model. The study revealed that a unit increase
in the number of household members working (-0.9726451)
generated the highest fall in household food insecurity among the
respondents. Furthermore, the study showed that a unit increase in
the number of household members in school (0.8081805) generated
the highest rise in household food insecurity among the respondents.
Larger family size had higher probability to be food insecure. Policy
should be directed towards encouraging and creating non-farm jobs
for rural households as this would help to reduce food insecurity
among the respondents. Policy should also be directed towards
measures leading to the release of the “educational-financing burden”
from farm households as this would also help to improve food
security among the respondents.