L. V. HIREVENKANAGOUDARCHAUDHARI, RATAN RANUJI2019-05-222019-05-222007-08-29TH8679http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810104192The investigation was conducted to study the entrepreneurial behaviour of trained and untrained dairy farmers in Dharwad and Belgaum districts of Kamataka during 2005-06. Hundred trained dairy farmers were selected from sample of 208 respondents by proportionate random sampling and matching sample of 100 untrained dairy farmers was selected randomly from same area to constitute the total sample size of 200. Structured interview schedule was used to collect the information through personal interview. Data was analysed by using frequency, percentage, correlation co-efficient, multiple regression and Z-test. Trained (58%) and untrained (49%) dairy farmers had medium and low entrepreneurial behaviour, respectively. The socio-economic profile of dairy farmers revealed that trained (68%) and untrained (66%) dairy farmers belonged to middle age, educated from primary to college level (100% & 79%, respectively), engaged in agriculture alongwith dairying (85% & 91%, respectively), medium size of family (62% & 59%, respectively), semi-medium size of landholding (54% & 37%, respectively), medium annual income (47% & 51%, respectively), low and medium experience in dairying (81% & 68%, respectively), high and medium economic motivation (64% & 53%, respectively) and medium market orientation (59% & 54%, respectively). Trained (57%) and untrained (64%) dairy farmers had high and medium knowledge regarding improved dairy management practices (56% & 51%)ennullThesis