Impact of diversification and liberal credit policy on income and employment of non-viable farmers in Pithapuram Block of East Godavari District (A.P.) ( India).

Shows that the adoption of recommended technology coupled with an adequate credit facility under a crop-dairy-sericulture farming system stimulates the entire income potential and offers an economically viable and practically feasible solution to low incomes of the non-viable farmers. A liberal credit policy is found to be indispensable for pushing up the poorest farmers into high levels of income.-from AuthorsDiv of Agric Econ, Indian Agric Res Inst, New Delhi 12, India.