Agro-Industrial Complex is a term that exists to identify combination of several sectors of economy that provide mass production of food and consumer goods. The term is more common in countries of

command economy A planned economy is a type of economic system where investment, production and the allocation of capital goods takes place according to economy-wide economic plans and production plans. A planned economy may use centralized, decentralized, part ...

, particularly the former

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

where the term appeared in 1970s. Beside regular farming and agriculture it also encompasses such industries like forestry, fishing and others. The agro based industries includes four main fields of interestАграрно-промисловий комплекс
The Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia. * Agriculture, the basis (nucleus) of the Agro-Industrial industries includes

horticulture Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...

animal husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock. Husbandry has a long history, starti ...

industrial farming Industrial agriculture is a form of modern farming that refers to the industrialized production of crops and animals and animal products like eggs or milk. The methods of industrial agriculture include innovation in agricultural machinery and far ...

, individual farming and so on * Supporting industries and services that provide support to agriculture by means of production and material resources such as manufacturing of farming equipment including

agricultural machinery Agricultural machinery relates to the mechanical structures and devices used in farming or other agriculture. There are many types of such equipment, from hand tools and power tools to tractors and the countless kinds of farm implements that the ...

as well as tools, production of

fertilizer A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English; see spelling differences) is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients. Fertilizers may be distinct from ...

s and other chemicals including pesticides, etc * Industries that process agricultural basic goods such as

food industry The food industry is a complex, global network of diverse businesses that supplies most of the food consumed by the world's population. The food industry today has become highly diversified, with manufacturing ranging from small, traditiona ...

or industries that process agricultural basic goods for

light industry Light industry are industries that usually are less capital-intensive than heavy industry and are more consumer-oriented than business-oriented, as they typically produce smaller consumer goods. Most light industry products are produced for ...

* Infrastructural section of the Agro-Industrial Complex includes productions that are involved in provision, transportation, safekeeping, trading of agricultural materials, training of human resources, construction

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Nuclear Energy Centres and Agro-Industrial Complexes

International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 1957 ...

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, 1972 * {{cite journal , jstor=1294829, last1=Shen-Miller, first1=J., title=Some Thoughts on the Nuclear Agro-Industrial Complex, journal=BioScience, year=1970, volume=20, issue=2, pages=98–100, doi=10.2307/1294829 Agricultural production