Local sorghum grown in moisture stress areas, resulting in reduced yield. Large scale demonstration of improved early maturing sorghum technology was conducted in the Harari region's Sofi district to improve farmers' production and productivity to enhance their livelihoods. The activity was conducted in Kile kebele. A total of 40 Farmers were selected based on their interest, land ownership, and willingness to share experiences with other farmers and clustered according to their land adjacent to each other. Forty farmers directly benefited from the technology by keeping a gender balance. 60% and 40% were male and female farmers directly addressed with sorghum variety called Misikir. The variety was planted on a plot size of 0.25 ha per farmer, with a 12kg/ha seed rate and 75 cm*25 cm space between row and plant, respectively. Similarly, NPS and Urea fertilizer were applied at the rate of 100kg/ha. Training and field days were organized to enhance the diffusion of technologies, evaluate the variety's performance, and share the lessons with different stakeholders. The average productivity of the farmers from the improved sorghum technology in quintal per hectare was 33.94. The improved sorghum technology introduced to the study area helps farmers to reduce chronic food insecurity status in the study area. The research centre and agriculture and natural resource bureau should work on the sustainability of an improved variety of sorghum technology to boost production and productivity to improve farmers' food security in the study area.

Keywords: Large scale demonstration, Sorghum, Technology, Sofi district, Descriptive statistics.