The term gender is a buzz word among rural development professionals now days. Gender mainstreaming finds its way into various plans and programmes erected by national as well as state government. Many organizations made the gender related training programmes compulsory in their training agenda. The research scholars need the secondary data for forming the base for gender related studies. Keeping this in mind the authors have tried to put forth some related literature from various notes and references to formulate a book on gender mainstreaming in farm sector. 1. Status of Farm Women and Empowerment 2. Gender Issues in Agriculture 3. Mainstreaming Gender Through SHG 4. Rural Women and Empowerment