Emana GetuAdane Niguse2025-08-172025-08-172024-08https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/6884Insect pest causes enormous losses through direct and indirect invasion on various plant parts. The present study was conducted from August 2023 to June 2024 to assess the status of insect pests on major crops grown in Hadiya zone and their management practices in Central Ethiopia. Data were collected by using observation of farmers’ farmland, by interviewing farmers and village extension workers and by reviewing recorded document from office of agriculture of the study areas. The study was conducted on the selected 60 households and 12 development agents. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics using SPSS version20 statistical software. The findings indicated that the major key insect pest in the study areas were fall armyworm, Shoot fly and weevil. Among, the insect pests in cultivated crops at field condition pollen beetle (Mylabris sp.) and cut worm on common bean, fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugipedra) and weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) on maize and shoot fly( Atherigona hyalinipennis) on teff (Eragrotis abysinicus) were the major insect pests that cause high damage on each crop. Behind to this the way to farmer’s control those insect pests of crops were chemical methods and cultural methods like crop rotation, sanitation early crops and removing debris. These results indicated that farmers are incurring a substantial grain loss to insect pests. Hence, there is an urgent need to devise appropriate tactics for protecting the losses in farm and stored crop in Ethiopia.Iintegrated pest management approach should be introduced in the study area to control key insect pests.en-USAssessmentInsect PestInterviewMajor CropsThesis