Definition

1. Compound Noun:
   • Agro-industry / Agro-industrial sector: Refers to the integrated economic sector that combines agricultural production with industrial processing and manufacturing. It encompasses all industrial activities related to the transformation and commercialization of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products.

Usage Examples

• Compound Noun:
  • Khu vực này đang phát triển mạnh về nông công nghiệp. (This region is strongly developing its agro-industry.)
  • Chính sách mới nhằm thúc đẩy nông công nghiệp và xuất khẩu. (The new policy aims to promote agro-industry and exports.)
  • Cần đầu tư công nghệ vào lĩnh vực nông công nghiệp. (It is necessary to invest in technology for the agro-industrial sector.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in economic planning and development contexts to describe a modern, value-added approach to agriculture.
• It implies a supply chain linking farm production to factories for processing (e.g., turning fruit into juice, rubber into tires, wood into furniture) and then to market distribution.

Variants and Related Words

• Công nghiệp chế biến nông sản (n): Agricultural product processing industry.
  • Công nghiệp chế biến nông sản là một mắt xích quan trọng. (Agricultural product processing is an important link.)
• Kinh tế nông nghiệp (n): Agricultural economy (a broader term focusing more on farming).
• Nông nghiệp công nghệ cao (n): High-tech agriculture.

Synonyms

• Agribusiness: A closely related term emphasizing the business and commercial aspects of farm production and processing.
• Agro-industrial complex.

Related Concepts

• Chuỗi giá trị nông nghiệp (Agricultural value chain): Describes the full range of activities to bring a product from conception to end use.
• Chế biến sâu (Deep processing): Refers to adding significant value through industrial processing of raw agricultural materials.

1. Argo-industrial