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agribusiness

/ag-ruh-biz-nis/US // ˈæg rəˌbɪz nɪs //UK // (ˈæɡrɪˌbɪznɪs) //

农业企业,农业综合企业,农业综合体,农业综合经营

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the businesses collectively associated with the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.

Examples

  • 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.

  • As 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.

  • The great bulk of subsidies flow—directly or indirectly—to wealthy people and agribusiness.