agro-industrial
adjective
ag·ro-in·dus·tri·al
ˌa-grō-in-ˈdə-strē-əl 
: of or relating to production (as of power for industry and water for irrigation) for both industrial and agricultural purposes
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Take Vadim Moshkovich, the billionaire founder of Russia’s largest agro-industrial business and former member of the upper house of parliament, who was arrested in March 2025 and charged with embezzling 30 billion rubles ($357 million).
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025
This is the nation’s agro-industrial heartland, and, thanks to irrigation canals, almost every inch of the floodplain is blanketed in lucrative export crops, such as sugarcane, asparagus and blueberries.
—Ari Caramanica, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025
This is the nation’s agro-industrial heartland, and, thanks to irrigation canals, almost every inch of the floodplain is blanketed in lucrative export crops, such as sugarcane, asparagus and blueberries.
—Ari Caramanica, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Agro-industrial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agro-industrial. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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