agri-food

See also: agrifood

English

Alternative forms

• agrifood

Etymology

agri- +‎ food

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈæɡɹiˌfuːd/

Noun

agri-food (countable and uncountable, plural agri-foods)

1. (chiefly Canada, also US and Ireland, Australia) The business of producing food agriculturally (as opposed to through hunting, fishing, gathering, and so on); food so produced.
   • 1982, G. Bruce Doern, How Ottawa Spends Your Tax Dollars: National Policy and Economic Development, 1982, James Lorimer & Company, →ISBN, page 21:

     The Liberal statement does draw attention to its potential future agenda, namely, fisheries, forestry, agri-food, and mining, all resource-based sectors.

   • 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.

Translations

business of producing food agriculturally

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 農業食品業／农业食品业 (nóngyè shípǐnyè)

• Finnish: maatalouselintarvike
• French: please add this translation if you can