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agro-industry|ˈægrəʊɪndʌstrɪ|
[f. agro- + industry.]
Industry which is connected with agriculture; agriculture developed along industrial lines.
[1965T. J. Weygand Introd. Agric. Business & Industry i. 12 Agindustry—This is a relatively new term. It refers..to: (1) the industries producing agricultural commodities, (2) the industries and businesses supplying and servicing those engaged in agricultural commodity production, and (3) the industries and businesses performing all the necessary functions in making agricultural commodities available to the consumer.] 1969New Scientist 24 Apr. 180/2 In this way [sc. by composting] he can create a permanent fertility and does not mine and exploit nature like so many techniques of agro-industry. 1977Food Policy Feb. 44/1 The authors describe the experience, needs, and attitudes of UN agencies and a representative sample of the agroindustry firms. 1982Pakistan Agric. Apr. 17/3 The present policy of the Government is to encourage entrepreneurs to set up agro-industries for this purpose.
Hence ˌagro-inˈdustrial a., of or pertaining to agro-industry; serving both agricultural and industrial purposes.
1968Economist 21 Sept. 45/3 Such nuclear desalting facilities might be the centre of agro-industrial complexes, with fresh water and fertilisers produced by atomic power, which could revolutionise life in poor, dry regions. 1971Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 10/7 In Dobrudja [in Bulgaria]..41 co-operatives and five State farms are to be merged into nine agro-industrial complexes. 1975A. B. Shah in H. M. Patel et al. Say not Struggle Nought Availeth 111 Within each state, a programme of agro-industrial development should be taken up. 1979Nature 14 June 574/3 Chemotherapy is no match for the powerful social and economic forces which have made schistosomiasis a major problem in Brazil's agro-industrial age. 1983Indian Jrnl. Animal Sci. LIII. 652 (heading) Amino-acid composition of some agroindustrial byproducts. |