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Karnataka State Department of Agriculture (KSDA) during 2001 established 23 District Agricultural Training Centres (DATCs) to provide trainings to farmers, farm women and extension workers of the department. The objective of DATCs are to impart training to farmers and farm women on improved agricultural technologies and update the knowledge and skills to staff of department in advanced agricultural technologies. The study was conducted in Dharwad district during the year 2014-15. Total 300 rural women (150 trained + 150 untrained) were selected for the study. The study revealed that majority of the trained rural women had medium level of knowledge about integrated pest management (56.70 %), integrated farming system (73.40%), dairy management (63.30%) and seed treatment (73.30%). Whereas, 43.30 percent of rural women had high level of knowledge about organic farming. Untrained rural women showed low level of knowledge about different agricultural and allied technologies except dairy management. With regard to adoption, majority of trained women belonged to high level of adoption about dairy management and seed treatment. With respect to integrated pest management majority of them had medium level of adoption and low level of adoption was found in integrated farming system and organic farming. Training programmes conducted by DATC had a good impact on knowledge gain and adoption of agricultural and allied technologies by the rural women. It helped them in creating awareness, to increase the knowledge and practicing the improved skills for betterment of their livelihood security.

Key words: Adoption, District Agricultural Training Centre, Knowledge, Rural women, Training.