agroindustry

English

Etymology

From agro- +‎ industry.

Noun

agroindustry (countable and uncountable, plural agroindustries)

1. The agricultural activity of an area viewed as an industrial sector of the economy.
   • 1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 80:

     In the seventeenth century, the strategy for sugar production, a labor-intensive agro-industry, was to keep the manpower cost down through slavery.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 農用化工業／农用化工业 (nóngyònghuà gōngyè), 產業化農業／产业化农业 (chǎnyèhuà nóngyè)

• Greek: αγροτοβιομηχανικός (el) m (agrotoviomichanikós)
• Italian: agroindustria (it) f
• Kazakh: агроөнеркәсіп (agroönerkäsıp)
• Portuguese: agroindústria (pt) f
• Spanish: agroindustria (es) f