What is "agro-"

word-forming element meaning "pertaining to agriculture or cultivation," from Greek agro-, comb. form of agros "field" (see acre).

pre. agriculture

Agro- and agri- are prefixes that usually refer to agriculture. The following items use the prefix 'agro-' or alternatively 'agri-':

In agriculture:

• Agro-environment analysis, also known as soil science
• Agro-food, food that is produced by agriculture
• Agro-pastoralism
• Agro-terrorism
• Agrobiodiversity, also known as agricultural biodiversity
• Agrocenter
• Agrochemical, also known as agrichemical
• Agroecology
• Agroecosystem analysis
• Agroforestry
• Agrofuel, also known as biofuel
• Agrogeologist
• Agrogeology
• Agroinfiltration
• Agrologist, a Canadian term for a professional agrologist
• Agrology
• Agrominerals
• Agronomic revolution, also known as Cambrian substrate revolution
• Agronomics, also known as agricultural economics
• Agronomist
• Agronomy
• Agrophysics
• Agroproductivity, also known as agricultural productivity
• Agroscience, also known as agronomy
• Agrostology, the study of grass
• Agrotechnology, also known as agricultural machinery
• Agrotourism

In business:

• Agro-Hall Ltd., exporters of both Canadian and other origin Wheats, located in Montreal.
• Agrobusiness, also known as agribusiness
• AgroFair, a certification system for the Fair trade social movement

In sports:

• Agro-Chemical, a Kenyan football club
• Agrosport, a football club from São Tomé and Príncipe
• FC Agro-Goliador Chişinău, a Moldovan football club
• PNE Agrodome, a sports arena in Vancouver, Canada

Taxonomic names that begin with 'Agro-' include:

• Agrobacterium, a genus of bacterium
• Agrocharis, a genus of plant
• Agrochola, a genus of moth in the family Noctuidae
• Agrocybe, a genus of mushroom
• Agrodiaetus, a genus of butterfly
• Agromyza, a genus of fly
• Agromyzidae, a family of fly
• Agropyron, a genus of grass
• Agrosaurus, a (deprecated) genus of dinosaur
• Agrostemma, a genus of plant
• Agrostistachydeae, a tribe of plant
• Agrostistachys, a genus of plant
• Agrostophyllum, a genus of plant
• Agrotera, a genus of moth in the subfamily Spilomelinae
• Agrotis, a genus of moth

Other:

• AgroParisTech, formally known as the Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences
• Agro-Velho, a neighbourhood in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal