''FIle I/Jes is is (limed Of assessing the ./i)()(/ security sill/o/h)"s lind resu/(rce ('lIdowments (~l ru"ClIrnIlOlIsellOhls in D 'irashe Special Woreda, The content however, is lililited 10 the realities in threernsample Keheles o/'the Woreda, D'irashe Special Woreda is/ound in SNNPII. It is located 557kmsrnsouth of Addis Ababa on the right side of the main road to .finka /()'VII.rnThe Ihesis heRil1.l' with introducing the hackRmllnd Ihe pmhlelll sllllell/('III, ohieclil'es incilldingrnsignificance 01' Ihe stlldy. It proceeds h)' reviewing aspecls 0/ ./elllille heads, ./i}()d secllrity,rnprodllctive reSOllrce endowments and coping strategies, 11 then describes Ihe physical and socioeconomicrn./eatllres of the woreda, Questionnaire survey, key illfiJl'Jnall1 interviews, case studiesrnlind jiJCIIS gmllp discllssions are lIsed to collect the dahl, Descriptive slatistics such asrnpcrcenfCf}!,C! and mean are computed.rnl"cmale-headed hOllseholds play an essenlial role ill /i)()" sec III' ill , 01 11I11I1'('h,,'" os IJm"IICas,rn!){/rc!wsers, prodders {()It! processors (dji)( }(/ ,hun lIutl" hew!." do , /(/ /(' ulld/(' /J/(//(' S{,(' III In hurt'rnWI ell/HU/ INlrtfe/I){llion in /ar/l'l prodllct/Oll ({cOvilies .' IJIUII!ill,t!. lI 'ceclill.!.!.. Ill r es;'ill,.!" II'WISI}()l'lingrn1111" ,l"lorillg I!esides, collecling/ire WO!}(!.I", ./etching waleI' alld grilldillg grain Iwl'c heen./iJllnd tornhe lIIeans "I' ellsllring food secllrity. For lIIany female hOllsehol" Ileads' tilile is ,'pen I by thesern""ily rolliine lIelivities while their involvement in other income generotin? activities isrn(; ()/1sll'u ill ec l.rnit/oreover, res lilts (~r lite study re!ealed 1//(/1 JelllUle -III,.:wled l' IJII.l'/i(}/J /Il/l'(' lillliled Fig.!lfs uIrnoll'nership ill lime/lleti ,'e resources liS lI'ell liS Iheir/illils o/loho/' Ii/(/II II/(//,,-heo