The main objective of the study is to identify the problem of food insecurity and itsrndeterminants in rural households of the' Amhara Regional State of Ethiopia. Thernnecessary data were generated from the secondary data of Household Income . .rnConsumption and Expenditure (HICE) and welfare Monitoring (MW) surveys conductedrnby central statically agency (CSA) in the year 1999/00. The data generated from all thern1740 rural households of the Amhara Region who were participated in both surveys wasrnusd as secondary data in this thesis research. The data analysis techniques involved bothrndescriptive and econometric analyses. The specific statistic used includes percentage,rnmean, and standard deviation in the descriptive statistics and to bit model of regression illrnthe econometric analysis .rnThe' results of the study revealed that the rural households in the Amhara regional state of rnEihiopia are food insecure. It was checked by using recommended minimum caloricrnrequirement ( i. e., 2200 keal). Based on the results about 56 percent of the Amhara rural rnhouseholds are food insecure. They could not cover the required minimum daily calore rnfrom the income generated from their agriculture as well as other activities on which their rnParticipation was found to be low and livestock possession as it has a problem of bothrnQuality and quantity moreover, the profile of the Amhara rural households was found tornbe more devising literacy is more pervasive and accounts for 79.5 percent (1383) ofrnthe households heads. In genera l, households with large family size, illiterate and oldrnhouseholds heads are more likely to be food insecure than those with smaller family size.rneducated and younger household heads. Moreover the empirical analysis reveal thatrnhousehold size, education, agricultural income, and share of food in total expenditure. rnparticipation in off-farm activities, and livestock possession found to be signs facet andrnHave the expected sign. Although the ownership of livestock has an impact on the foodrnInsecurity of rural households it could not ripe anything because of lower quality andrnquantity of the possess ion . The study concluded that natural factors, demographic andrnsocio-economic factors such as large family size, high dependency ratio, low level ofrnagriculture production. Low level of livestock wealth, low participation in off-formrnactivities and so on farming are among the factors that increase the odds of loudrninsecurity.rnPolicy implication or the study include: population policy should be implementedrneffectively: off-farm employment should be enhanced; promotion of livestock and rnencased agriculturalproductivity through different ways should be implemented; andrnthe development of small-sale integration should be given a priority.