agro-industrialize

especially British, ag·ro-in·dus·tri·al·ise

[ag-roh-in-duhs-tree-uh-lahyz]

verb (used with object)

agro-industrialized, agro-industrializing 

1. to industrialize the agriculture of.

   to agro-industrialize a developing nation.

2. to convert or organize into an agro-industry.

   to agro-industrialize livestock production.

verb (used without object)

agro-industrialized, agro-industrializing 

1. to become an agro-industry.

Other Word Forms

• agro-industrialization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of agro-industrialize¹

First recorded in 1980–85