AGMARK Full Form

What is the Full Form of AGMARK?

AGMARK is Agricultural Marketing. It is a certification mark which are employed on agricultural products in India. This certification mark approves that the agricultural products have gone through quality checks and are safe to use. The Directorate supports the products of Marketing and Inspection, a joint venture Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, an agency of the Government of India. The head office of AGMARK is in Haryana, Faridabad.

Origin

The term AGMARK was made by joining two words, "AG," which denotes agriculture, and "MARK," which represents certification mark. The bill( Grading and Marking) presented in the parliament of India has mentioned this term under the Agricultural produce Act (1937). Archibald MacDonald Livingstone, Agricultural and Marketing Advisory of the Government of India, created the AGMARK system. Hundreds of his staff members supported him in this. This system aimed at providing benefits to local farmers throughout India, who receive less money for producing their crops from the buyer or dealer. This helped the farmers to know their true worth.

Objectives

The objective was to provide customers with good quality and unaltered products. This also helped for domestic and export purposes.

Laboratories

The laboratories are spread nationwide and work as testing and certifying centres. The Central AGMARK labs are located in Nagpur, and regional labs are located in 11 cities that are

1. Mumbai

2. New Delhi

3. Chennai

4. Kolkata

5. Kanpur

6. Kochi

7. Bhopal

8. Rajkot

9. Jaipur

10. Amritsar

11. Guntur

Crops

Till date, around 200+ agricultural commodities are being notified. Some of the crops that are being tested for AGMARK are:

• Spices

• Ground spices

• Ghee

• Butter

• Vegetable oils

• Mustard oil

• Honey

• Food grains

• Wheat flour

• Whole flour

• Semolina

• Gram flour

• Soybean seed

• jowar

• bajra

• Bengal gram

• ginger

• NON-edible oil

• Edible oil

• animal casings

• meat

Benefits

• This boosts the marketing of the products.

• As the government provided more subsidies on marked products, farmers get benefited.

• People have the assurance that the quality of the product is good and safe to consume.