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‖ agroville temporary.|agroˈvil; ˈægrəʊvɪl|
[Fr., = agrogorod.]
In the Vietnam war: a South Vietnamese agricultural community established according to a policy of concentrating formerly dispersed farms, for safety against the Viet Cong; a village stronghold.
1960Economist 7 May 542/1 Mr Diem's pet project, of establishing ‘agrovilles’— communities of scattered farmers regrouped around modern facilities. 1961Ann. Reg. 1960 358 The official policy of concentrating rural population in agrovilles..met little enthusiasm from the cultivators who were thus uprooted. 1962E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) lxxxv. 705 Ngo Dinh Can's answer is more ‘agrovilles’, which are set up like Chiang Kai-Shek's erstwhile models of ‘New Life’ in Kiangsi. 1966Economist 18 June 1304/2 There has been scrupulous avoidance of the breakneck speed and swollen costs of Diem's ill-fated ‘agroville’ programme. |