A cross sectional study on smallholder dairy production technologies uptake in mixedrnfarming systems in Dejen "woreda" was conducted from September 2007 to May 2008 withrnthe objectives to identify available technologies, their uptake levels and constraints, assessrnthe influences of these technologies on milk production and reproductive performance ofrndairy cattle in the study area. Totally, 240 randomly selected smallholder farmers and sixrnnumber of participatory appraisal discussion groups were included in the study. Informationrnwas collected by questionnaire survey, personal observation during farm visits and throughrnparticipatory appraisal group discussions. The average family size in the study area wasrn5.38 Â± 1.96 ranging from 1 to 11 persons while the average land holding and livestock sizernwere lAlÂ± 0.68 and 5.01 TLU respectively. Cattle represented the largest proportion [49.5rn% (4.14 TLU)] of the livestock population. Cows were 30.3% of cattle herd and 20% ofrnthem were crossbred. The average daily milk yield was 1.46Â± 0.99 and 6.01Â± 3.20 liters forrnlocal and crossbred cows respectively. Totally, 25 dairy technologies practiced byrnsmallholder farmers were identified in the study area. Technologies that were widely usedrn(more than 80% uptake levels) were modem endo-parasite treatment, vaccination, estrousrndetection and haymaking. Technologies such as pregnancy test, modem ecto-parasiterntreatment, total and partial stall feeding, crossbreed cattle, forage development, feedrnsupplement, artificial insemination (AI), separate type of house, bull station, udder washingrnand record keeping were at intermediate uptake level. Modem milk processing, urea treatedrnstraw (UTS) and silage were the least practiced technologies with an uptake level of 1.7 torn14%. Associations of technologies uptake with different farm household characteristics ofrnsmallholders were tasted by using one way ANOV A. Male headed households adoptedrnsignificantly (P