agribusiness
or ag·ro·busi·ness
the businesses collectively associated with the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.
Origin of agribusiness
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How to use agribusiness in a sentence
Farming and agribusiness account for 30% of the country’s GDP, and without water readily available for irrigation, the industry and its farmers are set to take a massive hit.
It’s like the example of global agribusiness that is impacting the climate in a negative way.
After studying agribusiness in the Netherlands, she came home and dove headfirst into a swarm of flies, food waste, and fundraising—on a mission to produce enough animal feed to replace soy and fishmeal as both grow increasingly unsustainable.
The government instead continued to characterize the state and its Afro-descendant population as backward and in need of modern agribusiness, highways and hotels.
The problem of environmental racism in Mexico today is rooted in history | Jayson Porter | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostAs the boom continued, however, small farmers faced mounting competition from larger operations, including global agribusiness concerns.
Farmers like Scott, whose own agribusiness, was just north of the border in Zambia.
California has been the source of much innovation, from agribusiness and oil to fashion and the digital world.
California’s New Feudalism Benefits a Few at the Expense of the Multitude | Joel Kotkin | October 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe great bulk of subsidies flow—directly or indirectly—to wealthy people and agribusiness.
British Dictionary definitions for agribusiness
/ (ˈæɡrɪˌbɪznɪs) /
the various businesses collectively that process, distribute, and support farm products
Origin of agribusiness
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for agribusiness
The part of the economy devoted to the production, processing, and distribution of food, including the financial institutions that fund these activities.
Notes for agribusiness
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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