AGMARK


​   AGMARK is a certification mark employed on agricultural products in India, ensuring that they conform to a set of standards approved by the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection, an agency of the Government of India. The AGMARK is legally enforced in India by the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act of 1937 (and amended in 1986). The present AGMARK standards cover quality guidelines for 213 different commodities spanning a variety of Pulses, Cereals, Essential Oils, vegetable oils, Fruits & Vegetables, and semi-processed products like Vermicelli.

ETYMOLOGY

  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.

  The entire system of Agmark, including the name, was created by Archibald Macdonald Livingstone, Agricultural and Marketing Advisor 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.

​ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN COMMODITIES FOR AGMARK CERTIFICATE

   
​   List of commodities for which grade standards have been prescribed under the agricultural produce (Grading and Marking) ACT, 1937 (as on 3-09-2013)
FOOD GRAINS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
  • Paddy 
  • Wheat 
  • Jowar 
  • Maize 
  • Barley 
  • Bajra 
  • Ragi 
  • Rice 
  • Basmati Rice (export) 
  • Red Gram 
  • Green Gram 
  • Black Gram
  • Bengal Gram
  • Lentil
  • Moth
  • Peas
  • Wheat Atta
  • Suji
  • Maida
  • Bread Wheat Flour
  • Besan (Gram Flour)
  • Wheat Porridge (Dalia)
  • Roasted Bengal Gram
  • Vermicelli
  • Macaroni
  • Spaghetti
  • Rajma
  • Lobia
  • Kabuli chana
  • Sattu
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
  • Apples 
  • Banana 
  • Grapes 
  • Mango 
  • Pine apple 
  • Plums 
  • William Pears 
  • Oranges 
  • Lemons 
  • Sweet Limes 
  • Sour Limes 
  • Grape fruits 
  • Ware Potato 
  • Seed Potato 
  • Onions 
  • Dried edible mushrooms 
  • Canned/Bottled fruits and fruit products
  • Mandarins 
  • Guavas 
  • Litchi
  • Pomegranate
  • Ribbed Celery
  • Headed Cabbages
  • Brussels sprouts
  • Tomatoes
  • Papayas
  • Shelling Peas
  • Sugar Snap Peas
  • Spinach
  • Strawberries
  • Cherries
  • Melons
  • Watermelon
  • Beans
  • Cauliflowers
  • Pears
  • Okra
  • Chilies
  • Capsicum
  • Sapota
  • Custard apple
  • Gherkins
  • Carrots
  • Amla
  • Bitter Gourd
  • Snake Gourd
  • Bottle Gourd
  • Cabbage
  • Sponge Gourd
  • Cucumbers
  • Aubergines
SPICES AND CONDIMENTS
  • Chillies 
  • Turmeric 
  • Cardamom 
  • Pepper 
  • Celery seed 
  • Cumin 
  • Poppy Seed 
  • Ajowain 
  • Saffron 
  • Garlic 
  • Ginger 
  • Coriander 
  • Fennel
  • Fenugreek
  • Curry powder
  • Compounded asafetida
  • Seedless Tamarind
  • Sundried raw mango slices
  • Sundried raw mango powder
  • Nutmeg
  • Tejpat
  • Clove
  • Mace
  • Large Cardamom
  • Mixed Masala
  • Caraway and Black Caraway
  • Cumin Black (Kalonji)
EDIBLE NUTS
  • Arecanuts 
  • Walnuts 
  • Cashew Kernels 
  • Raw Cashew nuts 
  • HPS Ground nuts
  • Water chestnuts
  • Coconuts
  • Ball Copra and Cup Copra
OILSEEDS
  • Groundnuts 
  • Rapeseeds 
  • Mustard Seeds 
  • Taramira Seeds 
  • Sesamum Seeds 
  • Niger Seed 
  • Linseed 
  • Safflower Seed
  • Sunflower Seed
  • Cotton Seed
  • Mahua Seed
  • Salseed
  • Ambadi seed
  • Castor seed
  • Soybeans
  • Karanja seeds
  • Jatropha seeds
VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS
  • ​Groundnut Oil 
  • Mustard Oil 
  • Sesame Oil 
  • Coconut Oil 
  • Niger Seed Oil 
  • Sal Seed Oil (Fat) 
  • Linseed Oil 
  • Safflower seed oil 
  • Cotton Seed Oil 
  • Rice bran oil
  • Castor oil
  • Vanaspati
  • Blended Edible Vegetable oil
  • Sun Flower Seed Oil
  • Maize Corn Oil
  • Mahua oil (Mowrah oil)
  • Soyabean Oil
  • Fat Spread.
  • Palm Oil and Palmolein
OIL CAKES
  • Groundnut oil cake 
  • Cotton seed oil cake 
  • Linseed oil cake 
  • Mustard seed oil cake 
  • Sesamum oil cake
  • Coconut oil cake
  • Safflower oil cake
  • Niger seed oil cake
ESSENTIAL OILS
  • Sandalwood oil
  • Lemon grass oil
  • Palmarosa oil
  • Gingergrass oil
  • Oil of Vetiver (Khus)
  • Oil of vetiver roots (cultivated)
  • Eucalyptus oil
  • Himalayan cedarwood oil
FIBRE CROPS
  • Cotton
  • Jute (raw)
  • Sannhemp
  • Palmyra fibre
  • Aloe fibre
LIVESTOCK DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS
  • Wool
  • Bristles
  • Goat Hair
  • Hides
  • Skins
  • Animal casings
  • Raw Meat (Chilled/Frozen)
  • Table eggs
  • Creamery butter
  • Ghee
OTHER PRODUCTS
  • Honey
  • Bura
  • Sugar Cane gur (jaggery) 
  • Agar-Agar
  • Kangra Tea 
  • Isubgol husk 
  • Papain 
  • Catechu 
  • Senna leaves 
  • Senna pods 
  • Guar gum 
  • Gum Karaya 
  • Myrobalan 
  • Tendu Leaves
  • Sheekakai Powder
  • Lac
  • Tobacco
  • Tamarind (with seed)
  • Tamarind Seed and powder
  • Tapioca sago (sabudana)
  • Tapioca products (Animal feed)
  • Desicated Coconut
  • Cocoa Powder
  • Cocoa Beans
  • Makhana
  • Sheekakai pods
  • Mahua Flower
  • Amla dried and Powder
  • Puwad Seeds
  • Guar Seeds
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