The study examined the determinants of household food insecurity in Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State. Multistage random sample technique was used in the selection of the respondents. The result the mean age of the respondents was 50.91 years and that 94.17% were married with an average household size of 9 persons. Also, the respondents had an average of 30.21 farming experience and majority of the farmers in the study area were educated enough to enable them successfully adopt innovations to improve their productivity incomes and welfare. The mean farm size in the study area was 3.53 hectares. The results of the food security status revealed that majority (58.33%) of the respondents described their food security status to be secured while others (41.67%) were of the view that their food security status was not secured. The result of binary Probit regression analysis also indicated that age, sex and education had a significant effects on food security at p<0.05 respectively. This study therefore concluded that since education is significant, farmers will be able to gain adequate knowledge on understanding the best ways of alleviating the problems of food security.