This book is focused on major issues of rural development like business development in fishery and aquaculture sectors, Promotion of cultural and natural heritage as a potential tourism destination, life cycle assessment for leather products, upliftment of tribal people, empowerment of farm women groups in agrarian economy, strategies for growth of vegetable seed industry, nanotechnology in smart agriculture development, geoexchanger system for buildings and gender empowerment from millennium development goals to sustainable development goals.