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- 1. the production of raw materials for industry.
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Synthesis of organic compounds from atmospheric or aqueous carbon dioxide
In ecology, primary production is the synthesis of organic compounds from atmospheric or aqueous carbon dioxide. It principally occurs through the process of photosynthesis, which uses light as its source of energy, but it also occurs through chemosynthesis, which uses the oxidation or reduction of inorganic chemical compounds as its source of energy. Almost all life on Earth relies directly or in... Wikipedia