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agroalimentario

agri-food

adjective ah-groh-ah-lee-men-TAH-ryoh Rare

Also means

agricultural and food-related

Usage Note

Agroalimentario is a technical compound adjective referring to the agriculture-and-food-production sector as a whole. It is standard in EU regulatory, economic, and trade contexts: el sector agroalimentario, la industria agroalimentaria. Non-specialists might use alimentario or agrícola separately instead.

Examples

"El sector agroalimentario creció un cinco por ciento."

Natural Translation

The agri-food sector grew by five percent.

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