The present study was conducted to access the factors influencing the entrepreneurial behavior of the potato cultivators in Kohima district of Nagaland. Potato is an important crop in the entire North Eastern region of India, comprising of a brother and seven sister states. The study revealed that majority of the potato cultivators had medium level of knowledge about improved package of practices of potato cultivation, farm decision making ability, family size, economic motivation, marketing orientation programme and scientific orientation programme. The study contributes to the knowledge about designing relevant training programmes giving due cognizance to the influencing variables

Keyword: Entrepreneurial behavior; Potato growers;