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{{Infobox certification mark
| name = Agmark ( Agriculture marketing )
| image = Agmark.gif
| agency = Directorate of Marketing and Inspection, [[Government of India]]
| region = [[India]]
| founded = 1937, 1986 (amended)
| products = Agricultural products
| legalstatus = Advisory
| mandatorysince =
| homepage = {{URL|agmarknet.nic.in/agm_std1.htm}}
| Headquarter = Faridabad (Haryana)}}
'''AGMARK''' is a [[certification mark]] employed on [[Agricultural productivity|agricultural products]] in [[India]], assuring that they conform to a set of standards approved by the ''Directorate of Marketing and Inspection'' an attached Office of the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare under Ministry of Agricultural & Farmers Welfare an agency of the [[Government of India]].<ref name="agmarknet-agm_std1">{{Cite web |url=http://agmarknet.nic.in/agm_std1.htm |title=Directorate of Marketing and Inspection. 'Promotion of Standardisation and Grading of Agricultural and Allied Produce'. |access-date=2011-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111120742/http://agmarknet.nic.in/agm_std1.htm |archive-date=2011-11-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mofpi.nic.in/ContentPage.aspx?CategoryId=141 |title=:: Ministry of Food Processing Industries :: |publisher= |accessdate=29 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426002100/http://mofpi.nic.in/ContentPage.aspx?CategoryId=141 |archivedate=26 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2670176.ece|title=Slush and stench|work=The Hindu|accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2140908.ece?css=print|title=Nectar of kindness|author=K. Santhosh|work=The Hindu|accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2398861.ece?textsize=large&test=1|title=Minister inaugurates open auction system at market|author=Staff Reporter|work=The Hindu|accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nios.ac.in/Secbuscour/26.pdf National Institute of Open Schooling. 'Wise Buying.'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011190438/http://nios.ac.in/Secbuscour/26.pdf |date=2010-10-11 }}</ref>{{Excessive citations inline|date=February 2021}} The ''AGMARK Head Office at Faridabad ('''Haryana''')'' is legally enforced in India by the ''Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act of 1937 (and amended in 1986)''.<ref name="agmarknet-agm_std1" /> The present ''AGMARK'' standards cover quality guidelines for 224 different commodities spanning a variety of [[pulses]], [[cereals]], [[essential oils]], [[vegetable oils]], [[Fruit]]s and [[Vegetable]]s and semi-processed products like [[vermicelli]].<ref name="agmarknet-agm_std1" />

== Etymology (origin) ==
[[File:Agmark_logo_1941.jpg|thumb|left|The logo in 1941]]
The term agmark was coined by joining the words 'Ag' to mean agriculture and 'mark' for a certification mark. This term was introduced originally in the bill presented in the parliament of India for the ''Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937 (Act No. 1 of 1937) (as amended up to 1986)|url=http://agmarknet.nic.in/apgm1937.htm|access-date=2012-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106083201/http://agmarknet.nic.in/apgm1937.htm|archive-date=2012-01-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The entire system of Agmark, including the name, was created by Archibald MacDonald Livingstone, Agricultural and Marketing Advisory to the Government of India, from 1934 to 1941. He was supported by a staff of several hundred. The system was designed to benefit local growers throughout India who were, in the absence of a certification as to quality, exposed to receiving less for their produce from dealers than its true worth.<ref>Archibald McDonald Livingstone 1890-1972, in conversation with 1970.</ref>

== Agmark Laboratories ==
The Agmark certification is employed through fully state-owned Agmark laboratories located across the nation which act as testing and certifying centres. In addition to the ''Central AGMARK Laboratory (CAL)'' in [[Nagpur]], there are ''Regional AGMARK Laboratories (RALs)'' in 11 nodal cities ([[Mumbai]], [[New Delhi]], [[Chennai]], [[Kolkata]], [[Kanpur]], [[Kochi]], [[Guntur]], [[Amritsar]], [[Jaipur]], [[Rajkot]], [[Bhopal]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://agmarknet.nic.in/ral.htm|title=ADDRESSES OF THE CENTRAL AGMARK LABORATORY AND REGIONAL AGMARK LABORATORIES|publisher=|accessdate=29 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906013416/http://www.agmarknet.nic.in/ral.htm|archive-date=6 September 2004|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Each of the regional laboratories is equipped with and specializes in the testing of products of regional significance. Hence the product range that could be tested varies across the centres.<ref name="agmarknet">{{cite web|url=http://agmarknet.nic.in/Agmark1.htm|title=TESTING, RESEARCH AND STANDARDISATION FACILITIES|publisher=|accessdate=29 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030308011330/http://agmarknet.nic.in/AGMARK1.htm|archive-date=8 March 2003|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Commodities and tests ==
The testing done across these laboratories include chemical analysis, microbiological analysis, [[pesticide residue]], and [[aflatoxin]] analysis on whole [[spices]], ground spices, [[ghee]], [[butter]], vegetable oils, [[mustard oil]], [[honey]], food grains ([[wheat]]), [[wheat]] products ([[Atta flour|atta]], [[Semolina|suji]], and [[Maida flour|maida]]), [[gram flour]], [[soybean]] seed, [[bengal gram]], [[ginger]], [[oil cake]], NON edible oil, oils and fats, animal casings, meat and other food products.<ref name="agmarknet"/>

== See also ==
{{portal|India|Agriculture|Food}}
*[[Certification marks in India]]
*[[BIS hallmark]]
*[[FPO mark]]
*[[ISI mark]]
*[[Food grading]]

== References ==
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{{India certification marks}}

[[Category:Agricultural marketing in India]]
[[Category:Certification marks in India]]

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