Abstract
The impact of climate change has greatly threatened the survival of man, crops and animals globally. Nigeria and indeed the Niger delta is not excluded. The study examined the food security status vis-a-viz the changing climatic conditions of rural farming households in Niger Delta of Nigeria. The study used multistage sampling procedure to select 160 rural farmers from rural farming households in the study area. Primary data were collected through surveys to achieve this. Data analyses were done using descriptive statistics and categorization technique. Findings revealed that majority (77.5%) of household heads were female and were married (88.1%), mean age, household size, educational level, and farming experience of 41 years, 5 persons, 45% and 11years, respectively. Furthermore, the results showed that 73.1% of the farm households were food in-secured with a mean per capita of N2703.31 while 26.9% were food secured with a mean per capita of N5193.71. The study concludes that population were food insecure, and that climate change has effect on food security in the region. Therefore, the need to widen rigorous enlightenment campaign by relevant agencies on how to mitigate against the changing climate situation has been recommended.