It is believed that, this book will give a good reference material for scholars and serve as a guide to the policy makers and development agents for developing programmes for empowerment of sub-marginal farmers. This book attempt to explore these new type of farmers / sub-marginal women farmers so, that they been given adequate technical and financial support for their upliftment. This book also provide a reference towards an untapped source of alleviating rural poverty and improvement in quality of lives of rural poor women and sub-marginal farmers through agriculture based livelihood . Farm women will also take benefit from the study as it will lead to their empowerment.