Abstract:
This study aimed to analyze the impact of smallholder commercialization on rural food
security in Major coffee growing areas of south west Ethiopia: the Case of Jimma zone. For
the purpose of analysis both primary and secondary data was used to generate the required
information. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select 150 smallholder
farmers. Descriptive and inferential statistics tool used include, Crop Output Market
Participation (COMP), Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) model and logit model. The results
showed that about 68% of the small holder farmers were food secure households. Smallholder
farmer commercialization has effect on food security level of smallholder farmers. The
estimation results of the logit model showed that family size (FSIZEAE), Age of household
(HEADAGE), Size of cultivated land (FLANDha), Crop output market participation (COMP),
Access to credit (AC-CREDT), were significantly affect rural household food security. The
study suggests for policies that will improve smallholder farmer family planning service,
accesses to credits, Capacity building, better land conservation practices, market information
and road in designing food security policy in the sampled population
