APIA is a non-administrative public institution, established in 1983, whose main mission is the promotion of private investment in agriculture, fisheries and related services, as well as the activities of the first transformation integrated into Agricultural and Fisheries projects

Missions
The APIA services are intended for farmers, fishermen, young promoters and Tunisian and foreign investors through:

- The granting of the financial and fiscal advantages instituted by the Investment Law n ° 2016-71, to the promoters of agricultural projects, fishing, services related to these sectors and primary processing of agricultural products and fishing;
- The identification of investment opportunities and project ideas to be promoted by Tunisian and foreign private operators thus contributing to the achievement of the national objectives assigned to the agricultural sector;
- The assistance of the promoters in the constitution of their investment files and their supervision during the phase of realization of their projects;
- The training of young agricultural promoters and their supervision during the phases of identification, study and realization of their projects in the framework of incubators of companies and specific training programs;
- Linking Tunisian operators with their foreign counterparts to promote partnership projects and trade exchanges;
- Organization of economic events, seminars, information days and partnership meetings;
- Participation in fairs and specialized fairs in Tunisia and abroad;
- The animation of the quality network set up at the level of the various agricultural sectors in collaboration with the inter-professional groups and the National Office of the Oil. the Agency is headed by a general manager, Mr. Abderahmen chaffai

Means
The APIA has several means to enable it to perform its tasks well. Among these means, we can mention:

- An Investor Relations Office (Single Window) in Tunis responsible for welcoming, guiding and supervising the promoters;
- A Regional Directorate in each governorate;
- Some of Granting Benefits Committees at central and regional level;
- A team of specialists in the evaluation of investment operations;
- A team of specialists in the organization of economic events;
- A team responsible for training young promoters;
- Business incubators in most of the Higher Institutes of Agriculture Training;
- A team to supervise the promoters in terms of promoting the quality of products;
- A library including documentation and specialized works, accessible to the promoters;
- A WEB site providing information on the environment and investment opportunities as well as economic partnership offers in the sectors of agriculture, fisheries and agribusiness.