The primary objective of this study was to analyse farmers' resource use efficiency of malt barleyrnproduction and its impact on food security of the households in the study area. Primary data wasrngathered from field survey through a structured questionnaire. A total of 338 households werernconsidered, of which 169 malt barley and the rest 169 food barley producers. In describing thernindependent variables t-test and chi square were executed. Stochastic frontier analysis (SFA),rnpropensity score matching (PSM) technique, logit and tobit regressions were applied for datarnanalysis. Results of stochastic frontier analysis showed that in malt barley production land size,rnoxen days, and amount of seed used contributed positively at a significance level of one,rnfive, and ten percent respectively. Whereas total labour incurred more cost to the maltrnbarley producing farmers significantly at 5 %, other inputs are homogenous. The t-testrncomparison on the efficiency result shows that malt barley producing farmers are efficientrnthan food barley producing farmers. Malt barley producing households spend significantlyrnmore than food barley producing farmers for their food. All the results found show thatrnmalt barley producing farmers in the study area are more efficient in their decision forrnresource use than the food barley producers. This has positively impacted the foodrnsecurity status of the households. The research recommends that malt barley production shouldrnscale up to combat food insecurity and to prevail efficiency among farmers.rnKey words: Malt Barley, Stochastic Frontier, Efficiency, Impact, Food Security, Lemuna-Bilbilo