bioindustryn.

1973 Sci. Total Environm. 2 123 A bioindustry has sprung up for the production of meat, milk, and eggs at low costs.

1989 L. M. van den Berg in P. Cloke Rural Land-use Planning in Developed Nations iii. 60 The construction of piggeries in areas..where neighbouring residents resent the smell and traffic associated with such bio-industry.

1998 I. van der Poel in C. Disco & B. van der Meulen Getting New Technol. Together v. 164 Farmers and their organizations like to talk about ‘intensive livestock farming’, whereas opponents prefer the word ‘bio-industry’.

1980 Times 8 Jan. p. ii/7 Besides the obvious area of electronics, bio-industry—the application of biology to industry—would be an important growth area.

1994 Y. Murooka in Y. Murooka & T. Imanaka Recombinant Microbes for Industr. & Agric. Applic. i. 9 Recombinant technology has had a significant effect on bioindustries.

2007 G. Van Overwalle in H. Somsen Regulatory Challenge Biotechnol. xii. 244 Ignoring the public reserve with regard to the current use of patents by the bio-industry might turn out to be injudicious.

1999 Rev. Res. Strategy for Biomass-derived Transportation Fuels (National Res. Council (U.S.) Comm. Engin. & Techn. Syst.) ii. 9/1 The purpose of the initiative is to focus on technological advances that will foster an integrated and competitive bioindustry.

2005 A. Midttun & A. L. Koefoed in M. Weber & J. Hemmelskamp Towards Environmental Innovation Syst. 121 Danish bio-industry supplies 6% of total energy supply (1997); if incineration of waste is included, we are talking about 10%.