Agro-Allied Industry and the Relationship between Agriculture and Industry

CONTENT:

• Meaning of Agro-allied Industries/Agro-based Industries.
• Examples of Agro-allied Industries and Raw Materials Used.
• Relationship between Agriculture and Industries.

Meaning of agro-allied industries

Agro-allied industries/Agro-based industries are industries which depend on agriculture for their raw materials to operate successfully. In other words, agro-based industries require the supply of agricultural raw materials to provide some finished products that are essential for human and animal consumption.

Examples of agro-allied industries and raw materials used

The table below shows the examples of agro-allied industries and the raw materials used in each industry:

S/N	Agro-based Industries	Raw Materials Used
1.	Oil mill	Oilseeds
2.	Soap industries	Oilseeds/oil
3.	Cigarette/Tobacco	Tobacco leaves
4.	Textile/Ginnery	Cotton
5.	Breweries	Cereals
6.	Fruit canning	Fruits
7.	Paper industry	Pulpwood
8.	Sugar industry	Sugar cane
9.	Plywood/sawmill	Wood
10.	Flour mill	Cereal/grains
11.	Starch	Cassava, maize
12.	Tyre	Rubber latex
13.	Feed mill	Groundnut, maize, etc.
14.	Beverage	Cocoa, coffee, tea

Evaluation

1. What are Agro-based industries?
2. State ten examples of agro-allied industries and the raw materials used.
3. State five examples of cereals.

Relationship between agriculture and industries

There is a positive and wide range of relationships between agriculture and industries. These relationships include the following:

1. Provision of the market: Agriculture provides a market for industrial products such as farm machinery, chemicals and fertilizer
2. Provision of food: Agriculture also provides food for industrial workers.
3. Competition for labour: Both agriculture and industry compete for labour.
4. Provision of raw materials: Agriculture provides raw materials such as cocoa, cotton, palm produce and groundnut for industries.
5. Provision of essential goods: Industries provide a large range of desirable goods that farmers want to buy.
6. Development of industrial sector: Rise in agricultural income due to efficient and economic factor combination brings about the development of the industrial sector of the economy.
7. Provision of agrochemicals: Industries produce agrochemicals for agricultural uses. Examples are pesticides, fertilizers, vaccines and herbicides.
   

8. Provision of storage facilities: Industries provide storage facilities for agricultural produce e.g. grains, milk, fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, etc.
9. The provision of processing facilities: Industries also provide processing facilities such as grinders, millers, etc. for agriculture.
10. Provision of agricultural tools and machinery: Industries produce machinery and equipment for agricultural uses. Examples include tractors, ploughs, cutlasses and hoes.

Evaluation

1. State seven relationships between agriculture and industries.
2. List five essential industrial goods that farmers may want to buy.
3. State any three agricultural storage structures produced by industry.

General evaluation

1. What are Agro-based industries?
2. State five examples of agro-allied industries and the raw materials used.
3. State five examples of cereals.
4. List out five agrochemicals being used by farmers.
5. State any three agricultural storage structures produced by industry and the produce being stored by them.
6. List out five roles of Science and Technology in agricultural development.

Reading assignment

Essential Agricultural Science by O.A. Iwena. Pages 46-47

Theory

1. (a) What are Agro-based industries?

(b) State five examples of agro-allied industries and the raw materials used.

2. State any three agricultural storage structures produced by industry and the produce being stored by them.