Food security requires that all individual and household must have access to sufficient food either by producing
it themselves or by generating sufficient income to demand for it. The study examined the effects of family
income on household food security among small scale farmers in Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State,
Nigeria. Data for the study was obtained from 105 respondents, randomly selected with the aid of structured
questionnaire. Data analysis was by the use of descriptive and inferential statistics. Results of the analysis
revealed that majority (70.8%) of the respondents were middle age and married. Most (77.1%) of them were
educated with one form of education or the other. The findings indicates that ?944.57 was food security index of
the respondents and more than half (53.3%) of the respondents were food insecure. Significant relationship at P
< 0.05 exist between source of income and respondents; Age (r = 0.216), years spend in school (r = 0.206), years
of farming experience (r=0.236) and income earn (r=0.233). The study concluded that more than half of the
respondents in the study area are food insecure. The study recommends that government should subsidies
agricultural input such as seeds, fertilizers and equipments to small scale farmers in order to improve income
earning. Lastly farmer should be encouraged to form cooperative societies group which will enhance their access
to credit