AGRO Industries are considered an extended arm of agriculture but in India they have not received as much attention as agriculture. While agriculture contributes about 25 per cent of India's GDP the value added by the processing industry is only 8 per cent of total food production. For example, only two per cent of horticulture products are estimated to be processed and more than 30 per cent of production is wasted due to lack of storage and processing facilities. The agro Industry is broadly categorised in two-three types: (i) Village Industries owned and run by rural households with very little capital Investment and a high level of manual labour, (ii) Small scale industry characterised by medium investment and semi-automation, and (iii) Large scale industry involving large investment and a high level of automation. Pickles, papad, basket making fall in the first group and edible oil and rice mills in the small Industry segment. Sugar, jute and cotton mills are in the large scale sector. The three segments have come up mainly based on their ability to bring in capital and capacity to market products. The development of agro-based industries started during pre-independence days. Cotton mills, sugar mills, jute mills were promoted in the corporate sector. During post-Independence days with a view to providing more employment and using local resources small scale and village industries were encouraged. The objective, while not questionable, created unnecessary confusion in the minds of the entrepreneurs. However, in the recent past concessions, preferences and reservation for village and small industries have been reduced considerably, if not eliminated. The book  covers Banana Cultivation,  Bee Keeping, Coconut Plantation/Cultivation, Dairy Farming, Eucalyptus Tree Plantation/ Cultivation, Floriculture (Cut-Flowers), Ginger Cultivation, Goat Farming,  Mushroom Cultivation/Growing, Establishing An Orchard, Papaya Cultivation, Piggery Farming, Poultry Farm, Rabbit Farm, Sheep Farming, Tea Plantation/Cultivation, Teak Tree Plantation, Tissue Culture, Directory of Agricultural Equipment & Implements,.