Semie PhD, NegusseAbdi, Mohamed2019-12-162023-11-182019-12-162023-11-182019-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/20392Many governments, donors, and international aid agencies or developmental organizations dispersed millions of dollars for reducing the impact of food insecurity and hunger in developing countries including Ethiopia. One of the dominant tools that help reduce poverty at households’ level is promoting the role of cooperative include food security and hunger. The objective of this study is to examine the determinants of household food security among the cooperatives members based on the data collected from 120 respondents selected randomly in Owbera Woreda, Somali Regional State. The study used both primary and secondary data sources. Primary data was collected through structured questionnaire interview schedule and focus group discussion while Secondary data was collected from reviewing of various documents related to the role of cooperative on food security. A descriptive statistics and econometric model (Binary logit model) were used for the analysis of the data gathered. The result indicates that the status of food security among cooperative members significantly influenced by factors such as age of the household head, education, total livestock owned by the household and sex of the household head. The findings of the study also shows that, households employ arrange of coping strategies during food insecurity including sale of firewood and charcoal and sale of livestock,. Generally the findings of the study suggests that there is a need to improve their educational level by bringing education intervention programs and to improve livestock production and productivity through provision of veterinary drug services, sustainable forage development programs , improving the capacity of community animal health workers . Moreover the study pointed out major problems effecting food security among cooperative members such as low level of cooperative’s performance , climatic shocks, poor rain fall, structural problems , drought and climate change Therefore , cooperative management is recommended to give appropriate attention to make members of cooperative skilled members through training, investing in human capital of the cooperative members and give enough credit facility to improve the performance of cooperative members and to improve their educational level by bringing education intervention programs and to improve livestock production and productivity through provision of veterinary drug services, sustainable forage development programs , improving the capacity of community animal health workersenfood securityCooperative membersOwbere WoredaThesis