ABSTRACT:

The study assessed food security status among participating maize farmers under climate change adaptation and agribusiness support programme in Jigawa State: a HFCS approach. Primary data collected through multistage sampling procedure were gotten from 123 maize farmers randomly selected using the systematic method. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, Household Food Consumption Score (HFCS) and House Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) were used to analyze the collected data. The HFCS classifies maize farmers using a consumption index. The result revealed that the 37% of participating maize farmers in programme were between the age ranges of 38 – 47 with mean age 42 years. The result also showed that over 90% were male and 80% were married with average household size of 11 peoples and farm size of 1.95 hectares. Most of the maize farmers (90%) were food insecure and only 10% were food secure. The maize farmers about 20% have acceptable consumption class of 35.5 – 112 consumption indexes and the most widely used coping strategies by the farmers under Climate Chang Adaptation and Agribusiness Support Programme in the state include hand work, purchased from market on credit, selling of livestock/assets.