Irrigation can stabilize agricultural production and mitigate the adverse consequences ofrnlow or variable precipitation. Small-scale irrigation production will also contribute tornfast population growth. Population growth causes farming operations to expand intornmarginal land, contributing to the destruction of forests, land, and water. The generalrnobjective of the study was to carry out a comparative study of the influence of small-scalernirrigation adoption and non-adoption on the food security of households. To achieve thernset objectives, both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. In the research, therernwere 73 irrigation adopters from Guyo Gabriel and 74 from Shubi Gemo (n=147), withrnan equal number of non-adopters, or individuals who did not participate in irrigation.rnThe participants in this study were drawn at random from both groups, for a total of 294rnindividuals. The main sources of data were household surveys, key informant interviews,rnfocus group discussions, and direct observation. The data collected from the above wasrnanalyzed quantitatively by using correlation and regression analyses. For compiling andrnanalyzing the data, multiple regression models were employed. The investigators utilizedrnfrequency tables to describe in frequency and percentages the demographic features ofrnthe sample respondents. In order to assess the influence of small-scale irrigation on thernfood security of households, the mean and standard deviation for sample respondentsrnwere computed in the woreda. HFIAS (Household Food Insecurity Access Scale) modelrnwas used to assess the status of food security among the two groups. Fear of marketrnfailure is a constraint to adopting irrigation. 70.7% of vegetable producer householdsrnwere food secure. 16.3% of them were mildly food insecure, while 7.5% and 5.44% ofrnthem were moderately and severely food insecure respectively. 34.1% of irrigation nonadopters were food secure, while 25.1% were mildly food insecure. Another 25.1% ofrnirrigation non-adopters were moderately food insecure, and the rest, 15.6% of irrigationrnnon-adopter households were severely food insecure because they were cutting back onrnmeal size or the number of meals. Agricultural office and stakeholder increase theirrnsupport for farmers on technical small-scale irrigation adoption issues in order tornincrease the number of farmers engaged in small-scale irrigation in order to reduce foodrninsecurity households through increased production.