The study investigated industrial skills and development of agro based industries in Rivers State, Nigeria. The study operationalized the independent variable of industrial skills into dimensions of communication, conceptualization and marketing skills for the development of agro-based industries in Rivers State. The research design for the study was correlational. The population of the study was 250 staff of 10 agro based companies in Rivers State, Nigeria. The study sample was 100. The study adopted stratified random sampling technique in which 10 staff were chosen from each of the 10 agro based companies. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire, adapted in the modified likert scale of very high extent (4), high extent (3), low extent (2) and very low extent (1). The questionnaire was validated by a senior lecturer in Measurement and evaluation from Rivers State University, Nigeria. The reliability of the instrument was tested using Crombach Alpha and obtained .933>/71 which showed that the instrument was reliable. The study found that the three variables used in the study showed significant relationship with the development of agro based industries in Rivers State. The study concluded that communication, conceptualization and marketing skills significantly relate to development of agro based industries in Rivers State. The study recommended that among others, that teachers of Vocational and Technical Education Training (TVET) should emphasize to students the need to invest or conceptualize agro business plans in agro based businesses.