Brazilian bioinputs firm Agrobiológica Sustentabilidade recently acquired a 500,000-square-meter plot of land in the city of Itápolis, São Paulo.
The objectives of the company, based in Leme, São Paulo, include the construction of a new modern research and development center, as well as a professional training center that will focus on the needs of the Brazilian and Latin American bioinputs market.
The investment of US$22 million will generate an exponential increase in the company's production capacity, which will subsequently expand its service to more than 50 million hectares of crops, and will create some 200 jobs. The company is part of Grupo Lavoro, the firm that manages the agricultural inputs companies of the financial firm Pátria Investimentos.
According to Rafael Garcia, founder of Agrobiológica Sustentabilidade, the funds invested will be used to create the necessary infrastructure for the design and production of biological products for most types of crops, as well as for the technical training of the teams of specialists responsible for its network of distributors, mainly farmers.
“La innovación siempre ha sido un pilar muy importante para nosotros. Ahora, con nuestro nuevo centro de I+D, también actuaremos como incubadora de nuevas tecnologías para los productores rurales, mediante el desarrollo y el lanzamiento de nuevos bioinsumos”, destacó García. “Aquí, produciremos soluciones para nuestro portafolio, que ya es pionero en el mercado, y continuaremos el desarrollo de varias otras tecnologías, que traerán valor agregado a la agricultura brasileña y a toda América Latina”.
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Marcelo Abud, CEO of Grupo Lavoro, which also manages Lavoro Distribuição, the largest input distributor in Latin America and partner of Agrobiológica Sustentabilidade, believes that this move represents considerable progress for the company, as it will make it not only more productive, in line with rural producers' demand for safer inputs, but will also fulfill its potential as a disseminator of knowledge and innovation for the entire sector.
