agroindustry

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

agro- +‎ industry

Noun[edit]

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[edit]