"agri-food" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæɡɹiˌfuːd/ [Canada] Forms: agri-foods [plural]
Etymology: agri- + food Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|agri|food}} agri- + food Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Australia, Canada, Ireland, US, also, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Agriculture Synonyms: agrifood Translations (business of producing food agriculturally): 農業食品業 (Chinese Mandarin), 农业食品业 (nóngyè shípǐnyè) (Chinese Mandarin), maatalouselintarvike (Finnish)

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