This is the thesis looked into household coping strategies against crop production failure in the kuyurnworeda, North Shoa, Oromia regional state. Hence the main objective of the study was to assessrnhousehold coping strategies against crop production failure in the study area. Relevant data wererncollected through questionnaires, key informants, personal observation and reviews of document. Therngenerated data were analyzed through both qualitative and quantitative method and it was found thatrncrops were failed due to some biophysical and socio-economic factors and household farmers wererndeveloped different coping strategies against crop production failure in Kuyu woreda. Thus, extremerntemperature, extreme rainfall, drought, crop pests, flood storm, hail storm, weeds, frost,rnunavailability of farming labor, unavailability of draft animals and farming inputs were majorrnconstraints to crop production in the study area. Kruskal Wallis statistical calculation resultsrnindicate that all aforementioned impediments to crop production not signiflcantly different amongrndega, woinadega and kola agro-climatic setup of Kuyu woreda in causing crop production failurernexcept flooding. To overcome crop failure stress and its causes, different coping strategies householdrnused were organized to problem focused household coping strategies and emotional focusedrnhousehold coping strategies in this study. Thus, problem focused household coping strategies arernaltering/reducing the identifled biophysical and socio-economic factors that caused crop productionrnfailure by 'Sijalle' , 'Dabo', 'Wanfala', 'Higni', 'Kitira', 'Makanajo' ,'Graragalchu',rn'Gulgalu ', 'Sirribsisu', 'Kokobi' and 'Kira ' at farm le vel. While emotional/Dcused household copingrnstrategies are smoothing the stress of crop production failure at household level through liquidity,rnhedging, cellingfire wood, engaging in wag labor, reducing amount offood, eating crop reservedforrnseed, requesting food aid, moving to other area for temporOlY employment, sending householdrnmember to live everywhere, reducing amount of food for adult and adding for child and borrowingrnmoney. Finally, it was recommended that the detail of how, why, when biophysical and socioeconomicrnfi,ctors thai affect crop production in the kuyu woreda should be added and get attention inrnresearch and development to enhance crop produclion and productivity in kuyu woreda.rnKey lVords: - Crop production failure, Agro-climatic zone, Problem focused coping strategies, and Emotionalrnfocused coping strategies.