agro-industry

Or ag·ro·in·dus·try

[ag-roh-in-duh-stree]

noun

plural

agro-industries 

1. the large-scale production, processing, and packaging of food using modern equipment and methods.

Other Word Forms

• agro-industrial adjective
• agroindustrial adjective
• agro-industrialist noun
• agroindustrialist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of agro-industry¹

First recorded in 1965–70