Description

Promotion of value aggregation in the agricultural sector through agro-industrialization is generally considered to be one of the most efficient policies that can be implemented to achieve sustainable economic development. Investments in agro-industries are known to have significant multiplier effects, due to the backward and forward linkages in the productive chains of the sector. Other benefits from agro-processing investments arise from relatively high level of employment generation, improvement in food product and the possibility of efficient operation at least on small scales. This book presents the principle and practice for establishing successful agro-based business enterprise and useful for many specifically target groups of small farmers, processors, small-scale investors and rural youths for income and employment generation.