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{{Infobox Government agency<br />
| agency_name = Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department of State of Tamil Nadu<br />
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| logo = TamilNadu Logo.svg<br />
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| formed = 1949<br />
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| jurisdiction = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| headquarters = [[Chennai]]<br />
| employees = <br />
| budget = <br />
| minister1_name = [[M. R. K. Panneerselvam]]<br />
| minister1_pfo = Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department<br />
| chief1_name = '''C. Samayamoorthy IAS'''<br />
| chief1_position = Agricultural Production Commissioner and Secretary to Government<br />
| chief2_name = '''T. Abraham, IAS'''<br />
| chief2_position = Special Secretary to Government<br />
| parent_agency = [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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| website = [http://www.tn.gov.in/department/2 Agriculture Department]<br />
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The '''Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department of State of Tamil Nadu''' is one of the Department of [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[File:Rice Paddy Fields in Tamil Nadu.jpg|thumb|Rice Paddy Fields in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
<br />
== Sub - Departments ==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" <br />
|- align="text-align:center;"<br />
! scope="col"|Name <br />
! scope="col"|Website <br />
|-<br />
|Agriculture Department<br />
|http://www.tnagrisnet.tn.gov.in<br />
|-<br />
|Agriculture Engineering Department<br />
|http://www.aed.tn.gov.in/<br />
|-<br />
|Agriculture Marketing and Agri Business Department <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|Seed Certification Department <br />
|https://web.archive.org/web/20120127014855/http://www.seedtamilnadu.com/aboutus.htm<br />
|-<br />
|Organic Certification Department<br />
|http://www.tnocd.net/<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
|Horticulture And Plantation Crops Department<br />
|http://tnhorticulture.tn.gov.in/<br />
|-<br />
|Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Department (Tamil Nadu Agriculture University)<br />
|http://www.tnau.ac.in/<br />
|-<br />
|Department of Sugar<br />
|http://www.tn.gov.in/sugar/dept.htm<br />
|}<br />
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<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/rti/proactive/agri/handbook_agri.pdf|publisher=www.tn.gov.in|title= Sub - Departments of the Agriculture Department|accessdate=2012-10-30}}</ref><br />
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== Undertakings & Bodies ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" <br />
|- align="text-align:center;"<br />
! scope="col"|Name <br />
! scope="col"|Website <br />
|-<br />
|[[Tamil Nadu Horticulture Development Agency (TANHODA)]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Tamil Nadu Horticultural Producers Co-operative Enterprises Limited (TANHOPE)]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Tamil Nadu Watershed Development Agency (TNWSDA)]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Tamil Nadu Agricultural University]] <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Tamil Nadu State Agricultural Marketing Board (TNSAMB)]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC)]]<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/rti/proactive/agri/handbook_agri.pdf|publisher=www.tn.gov.in|title= Organisations under the Agriculture Department|accessdate=2012-10-30}}</ref><br />
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=== Former Ministers for Agriculture ===<br />
* 1990 – 1991:<br />
**[[Veerapandy S.Arumugam]]<br />
* 1991 – 1996:<br />
**[[Ku. Pa. Krishnan]]<br />
* 1996 - 2001:<br />
**[[Veerapandy S. Arumugam]]<br />
* 2006 - 2011:<br />
**[[Veerapandy S. Arumugam]]<br />
* 2011 – 2012:<br />
**[[K. A. Sengottaiyan]]<br />
* 2012 – 2014:<br />
**[[S. Damodaran]]<br />
* 2014 – 2016:<br />
**[[R. Vaithilingam]]<br />
* 2017 - 2020:<br />
**[[R. Doraikannu]]<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
* [[Tamil Nadu Government's Departments]]<br />
* [[Ministry of Agriculture (India)]]<br />
* [[Department of Finance (Kerala)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* http://www.tn.gov.in/departments/agri.html (Official Website of the Agriculture Department, Tamil Nadu)<br />
* http://www.tn.gov.in (Official website of Government of Tamil Nadu)<br />
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{{Government Departments of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Tamil Nadu state government departments]]<br />
[[Category:Agriculture in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Subnational agriculture ministries|Tamil Nadu]]</div>
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