The Department of Agricultural Marketing, Tamil Nadu, has been functioning successfully since 1977, with prime objective of Regulating the Marketing of Agricultural produce thereby enriching the lives of the farmers through remunerative price realisations as well as supplying people with quality produce for a healthier life. It has meticulously transfigured since 2001 as Department of Agricultural Marketing and Agri. Business focussing on other activities like Agri Export, Post-Harvest Management, Food Processing, and Agricultural Marketing developmental activities in the wake of the liberalization of the economic policy of the country.
The Vision of the Department of Agricultural Marketing &Agri Business is to ensure fair price to the farming community who are left behind in the competitive marketing scenario and the mission of achieving this is by enforcing the existing act and rules most effectively and also by devising, implementing new technologies aimed at reducing pre and Post-Harvest losses through appropriate methods and encourage value addition.