The study was conducted in central Darfur State, to examine the socio economic factors influencing small-scale farmer's livelihoods and food security. Forty farmers were selected and interviewed using the simple random sampling technique, and data were collected by means of structured questionnaire. Sex, age group, income group, household size, seeds source, land ownership, farm size, reason for not cultivating the whole area, source of financing and yield of sorghum and millet were the socio-economic factors studied. Results revealed that most of the above factors have negative impact on small-scale farmer's livelihoods and food security of interviewed, thus most results were consistent with a prior expectation of the researcher. The study, therefore recommended that increasing insurance coverage, improving access to credit, diversification of household economic activities, impose land reform policies, and introduce agricultural cooperatives and appropriate interventions for livelihoods support and attaining food security at the household level.
