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The Indian agriculture sector has experienced buoyant growth in the past two years. A trend accompanying growing consumption and increasing production is the qualitative shift to special agriculture. There has been a marked shift in production from basic foodgrains to high value produce, especially fruits and vegetables. Specialty agriculture involves commercial agricultural operation, other than a confined feeding operation, which requires smaller tracts of land due to the intensive nature of the operation. It includes nurseries, greenhouses, mushroom farms, market gardens and apiaries. Future research should examine alternative approaches to develop this important cluster of economic activity. Identifying new locations for farmers' markets, expanding sales at existing farmers' markets, and identifying opportunities for producers to sell specialty crops to new value-added markets could be among possible growth strategies. Therefore the book on 'Specialty Agriculture' is aimed to discuss the role of Specialty agriculture in economic development of India.