Dictionary

agri-food en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæɡɹiˌfuːd/ (Canada)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Italic *agros Latin agerder. English agri- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdô Old English fōda Middle English fode English food English agri-food From agri- + food.

Meanings

1. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, US, also, countable, uncountable) The business of producing food agriculturally (as opposed to through hunting, fishing, gathering, and so on); food so produced.
   • 2007, F. Scala, A. Raio, A. Zoina, and M. Lorito, "Biological Control of Fruit and Vegetable Diseases with Fungal and Bacterial Antagonists: Trichoderma and Agrobacterium", chapter 7 of S. B. Chincholkar and K. G. Mukerji (eds.), Biological Control of Plant Diseases, Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 177, Sales of organic products have increased dramatically in recent years (for instance, in Europe), and organic farming is the fastest-growing sector of agriculture and an important point in the EU agri-food policy.
   • The Liberal statement does draw attention to its potential future agenda, namely, fisheries, forestry, agri-food, and mining, all resource-based sectors. 1982, G. Bruce Doern, How Ottawa Spends Your Tax Dollars: National Policy and Economic Development, 1982, James Lorimer & Company, →ISBN, page 21:

Forms

Translations (5)

cmn 農業食品業 /农业食品业 (business of producing food agriculturally) · fi maatalouselintarvike (business of producing food agriculturally) · de Agrarlebensmittelbereich (business of producing food agriculturally) · de Lebensmittelanbau (business of producing food agriculturally) · ru а̀гропродово́льствие (business of producing food agriculturally)