ocial proteciion porticidarty P,t;;;\:-p is tire JlaJ!.,·hi11 ref 1;1/1fcpi,711 food security JJrogra111 whic], ts heir1g ,1Jrtu:ticefl in mnre than 3(1(1 jiH>il insecure woredas cf Etbiopu). Ttte role of 1'.).:\.'[1 tJJ hou.~·.:fio!d./i1o<l security tta...,· not ye! evaluated. 7his ~tudy fillt!d !he gap in evaluar.'og /ts role in household food secvdty with tile objective of assessing the role of PSNP in l:ousetw!d food .te .... urisv .. Suatifled sampting procedure \11as used to itic'l•tjf.s. sample Kebeles and then lwusc~hui,1'3 l"·~re seiectedfro»: the it.ler.1[/fed kebeles proportiona! lo their size o;~/JUfJU!atfr111. J'inal.~;·. a tote! ·~ .. r 118 !uJu.,.J.hohi heads-were included as o respondent. Both qualitativ c • an.I qvanuuutvv, iat., li-'l;'J'i' ("(>.f!l'l:lt~.~{ from tlu: sampled /1{)1t~e/1nltt~. (}Utlliiati\e and quamtuntve dat« auulvsls tectmioues w .. ·r~ c1nplo))'c!tl 10 t111ttJ.1--=e 1he clU!cJ. Dvscriptiv» staustics !tuCJ1 ru jrequc>«». ;;er(e11Jt:1r.te, 11u!CJJ1, standard deviauons, aJJ<! mean clifl"i!renc.: lft'l't! -U'>Cd 111 .... '11JJ1.11;i1rize 11\·e .lot«. Binary togisttc re6r-ri'ssio.t1 i;:as ~m1N11):etf 1t1as.\i!Sl111;~r11/1.1t1011 ship between the siatus gr.r1r.h·t;1.~ .. 1 und bcneficiur» re''JJl;u,/r:r:ts. The stud}' revealed 1/1m there h'•1' t.hraufcfinh.i insecurit, in .)r,·••h·.·:.! t)O{lU1'c,·tion even with in grmhtt.Ue-ti hou ... .eholds. Due to tht11 "asset f1q11ull1v partfr:u.'arl; iin.~.\l!1Ck asset ,. to nu~111 food needs 'ras the existing fitc! associated with th« life of· both gr,1fb,t,1;1~.1 and b .. )11;.Jjf<;li1r;.1 households :\-f1t{1! frequency is the on(1 imeresting result that graduated l!f)lL'\tJ1olilS lii!re in better situation than their heneftc..iur~y. cawuer parts. In terms 1~1· h.~chuo/o~ical :/J,t'bf beneficiar) households consumed ti iiute more! J/-iiUI grt.l!fttt;lcd househotds. '/J;a: \[!rd_l i/e;1i..,[f!a' that }itt!e or almost no recorded income source diversitv in other words 1n(tjf.>1·i1,1· 1?( 1/u! f<h't.;i fJop;t.'<1fion :1r1.' dependen: on subststenc« axricufltJri! which is 11iltu.·/M!,/ l!J 1.1 very sr.:!',/I si:«. f ft.'ut t.tf./t1rn1 land. 1J'•~ result of binu1y· togistic re-grt.».ssit1n asceruuned tlu« gr<1(b1(;/,!1i bousehnkis 11 rte found similar with current beneficittri:?.i in terms OJ asset preservation. motuhs <?tJ,.,.uJ "l:·//i<.::· .. ,ncr. ~•!{r1C1.Jl!11r;.1! i:1r.,ul and 111t!t":! 17-eq11e11r_r this .~i1t>\i'.!d 1J1a1 there »'tl.f no signtficnn: r.l!~~li:·r..:n~·t· between x·rct::/!t~l.'t~Ci (.l!Jf.l lrl!nejlt.~i:.tr)'· househoici«. (.}tur/ita1ive result <if the stuay f~'J)Orh:~,/ !hat dovciopei! f/epenfl:.'ui:.,-..·, polttica! i;iflu.:11:-:e and 1n11i111eJ 1ru11.if~r 11 t·re responsibl« .1~11...t~r., /(>! t/~ poor per/in~ntifl<:e (!.r P.()?\:p. The stUtlj· 1cu.J1n;1wnaS 1/;a1 ,nt1!ici .. 1s x ({11(1 sor::ol /JJ·OJ;tCi.'<J:t 11rop,ranu1:-t~- i'J J~J~liopia should tu:Ci' iuto co1:side1·a1i~Jf1 ti~ selec1ion. ties,:;t,11 i?n(/ inJ_J>!c.~1n:':t!c1tio11 C!J' cu.li\·itics including the }Zrad1,ati(111 ·".,wuld be C1?1·1·1~1! 111tl u·iti1 the ,.;cu•<?{ 1!1efr .cqJ_fJlU}.H'.iate ob•'ectit•e :o 1r:.u1sli:Jrpr:onle {ro1fl ~hronic ft1nd i11~~Cllr'if7 to fi1o<l self ~uf!i.:·Jet1c;· an~! ..-~)d:1(t? J./.u~ ") ;J I .• .,. .. ... a'irect ;_f(!f)<.H1tf~n!Je (?.[ llveiih<>Qll ."ilra1-Jgv to jiNkl r1id Ftl~t:li)'. P.S:\fJ-. nee.ii to ;~:;c;;s on: J!·:·.e 1;rioril)' ((1 ,,.c,rivities tht-i.l Cd11 <:11J1a11£'e a1kl :.>rQPJ()h~ <-L'."tc.' presel').·a1frs11. 1ttco1n,? ,·ourc1.1 tfi·.,·•!tsfticotion, .i.1noo1/1~11u;g '·on.,~t.111p1inn. au,/ ;·.:1/11Li11g prulcn:gl''' n!u!1th . ., oj fot.i:'l s/!1,rfiiX.t' ·1·.i//J h: the lifi! ·~./'both grar.luaJ:!il 011d btJ.ncfic:ia1)· J1u11si!lwld.i ;11 cltro11ic_,fo()(./ ins:•t..ur(! l\·Ore,/r:v