Land degradation, which is mainly exhibited by soil erosion and nutrient depletion, reducesrnthe productive capacity of the land which poses a serious threat on food security status ofrnhouseholds, So far, various studies attempted 10 study the causes of land degradation and lowrnproductivity independently, and lillie is done on exploring the linkage between food securityrnand land degradation. Thus, the present study was envisaged with objectives of exploring thernlinkages between food security and land degradation and identifying determinants of foodrnsecurity and coping strategies at household level in Sekota woreda, A two- stage samplingrnprocedure was employed to select 140 sample households from six sample kebeles, The basic data usedjor this study were co/lectedjrom sample households, Jocus group parilclpants andrnkey informants through structured questionnaire and semi-structured checklist, respectively,rnThe survey result revealed that out of the total 138 sample households, 95 householdsrn(68,8%) were found food insecure while the remaining 43 households (31.2%) were foodrnsecure, Descriptive statistics and binmy logit ;'egression model were ell/ployed for analysis,rnin line with the stated objectives, The results of the study exposed that land degradation, mainly in the form of soil erosion, isrn. the third main cause of food shortage next to shortage of farmland and rainfall variability alrnhousehold level. In addition, the study results confirmed, thaI the pervasive land degradationrnis Ihe prill/my cause of decline in agricultural production and subsequent food shortage atrnhousehold level. This situation is further exacerbated by 'the rugged topography, recurrentrndrought and ever increasing population growth in the sludy area, Results of Ihe study also idenlified various socio-economic and bio-physical faclors Ihalrninfluence the food security status of households, The binary logit model resulls disclosed IhCIIrnamong 19 explanatOlY variables included inlhe model, 8 werefound to have significant effectrnon household food security status, These significant variables include age of household head,rndependency ratio, size of cultivaled land, tolal number of livestock owned (excludingrn. oxen),number of oxen, manure application, land quality index and farmer's knowledge on therneffect of land degradation on food security. At last, the study concluded that policy makersrnand development agents must give allention and high priority in improving the economicrnaccess of the resource poor small scale farm households, which enable them to maintain landrnproductivity and thus improve food security stalus, Moreover, due allention and policyrnconsideralion has to be given by government to . those significant variables which have arnpotenlial impact in determining household jood security status in Ihe study area,