_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: Solomonnwafor8@gmail.com; Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research 9(4): 1-9, 2019; Article no.AJAAR.49161 ISSN: 2456-8864 Effect of Rural-Urban Migration on Food Security of Rural Households in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State Iordaah Sedoo 1 , Agba Solomon Arumun 1 and Nwafor Solomon 2* 1 Department of Sociology, Unuversity of Mkar, Benue State, Nigeria. 2 Farming Systems Research and Extension, National Root Crop Research Institute, Umudike, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author IS designed the study, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Author ASA managed the literature searches. Author NS performed the statistical analysis and managed the analyses of the study. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/AJAAR/2019/v9i430011 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Villagomez Cortes Jose Alfredo Santiago, Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Veracruz, Mexico. Reviewers: (1) Juliet Libanda, University of Science and Technology, China. (2) Nyong Princely Awazi, University of Dschang, Cameroon. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle3.com/review-history/49161 Received 04 March 2019 Accepted 15 May 2019 Published 21 May 2019 ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of rural-urban migration on food security of rural households in Kwande local government area of Benue State, Nigeria. Using multistage sampling technique and a semi-structured questionnaire as instrument, data for the study was collected from a sample of three hundred and eighty nine (389) rural dwellers in the state. The study revealed the major causes and determined the effect of rural-urban migration on the food security of Kwande local government area and suggested measures to reduce the rate of rural-urban migration. Given that the F- statistics of 98.094 is significant at 1% level of significance, it implies that the computed F- value was higher than the F-tabulated value of (1.94) at 5% level of significance and (2.51) at 1% level of significance. Therefore, the alternative hypothesis which states that factors such as search for job, quest for skill acquisition, search for better education, quest for marriage, insecurity, social amenities, and natural disasters are the determining factors of rural urban migration was accepted. Original Research Article