FLAR

Name

FLAR

Legal name

Fondo Latinoamericano para Arroz de Riego

Website

https://flar.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cali

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Member Country Contributions: Annual contributions from member countries calculated based on the average paddy rice production data from the last three years, published by FAO through FAOSTAT. These quotas have provided resources to sustain research since 1995.
2. FOIN Fee: Revenue from the sale of certified seeds of FL varieties, known as the FOIN fee, which contributes to institutional sustainability.
3. Special Project Funding: Resources managed through special projects that strengthen the research and technology transfer agenda, ensuring delivery of committed products and services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FLAR is a public-private alliance that generates and disseminates rice research, improved germplasm, and sustainable agronomic technologies across 17 Latin American and Caribbean member countries. Its core offerings are organized around three strategies: Genetic Improvement (developing proprietary rice varieties with yield, disease resistance, and quality traits), Process Agronomy (delivering sustainable production technologies such as water harvesting and rice-soybean rotation), and Institutional Strengthening (managing strategic alliances and regional offices). Supporting capabilities include the HIAAL hybrid rice consortium, a Rice Quality Laboratory, and the FLAR Collect mobile data platform.

Product overview

FLAR (Fondo Latinoamericano para Arroz de Riego) is a public-private alliance with 30 years of experience that generates and disseminates knowledge, technologies, and innovations for rice competitiveness and sustainability. The organization operates through three core programs: Genetic Improvement (flagship research developing improved germplasm), Process Agronomy (delivering sustainable production technologies), and Institutional Strengthening (managing strategic alliances). Key offerings include the HIAAL Hybrid Rice Consortium, Rice Quality Laboratory for physicochemical and sensory evaluation, FLAR Collect mobile data platform, and regional offices in Uruguay (temperate zone) and Panama (Central America and Caribbean). Additional technologies include water harvesting systems and rice-soybean rotation practices. The organization serves member organizations across 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HIAAL: Hybrid Rice Consortium for Latin America (Híbridos de Arroz para América Latina) - a consortium focused on developing and disseminating hybrid rice technology in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 60% of rice cultivated in Guyana comes from FLAR germplasm
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universidad de IllinoiscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Formalized partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) sealing more than five years of joint work. Collaboration involves rice research, genetic improvement, and academic exchanges.
• Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 January 1995Strategic partner since FLAR's creation in 1995. The Alliance provides the headquarters location at CIAT campus in Palmira, Colombia, and collaborates on rice research programs, germplasm management, and the HIAAL hybrid rice consortium. Joint efforts include the Rice Observatory for Latin America.
• Argentina Rice OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational rice organizations from Argentina including Adecoagro, participating in FLAR's genetic improvement and agronomy programs. Over 20 years of collaboration.
• Bolivia Rice OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember country organizations from Bolivia participating in FLAR technology transfer and agronomy programs including rice-soybean rotation projects.
• Brazil Rice OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizations including IRGA (Instituto Rio Grandense do Arroz) with 20-year collaboration history. Joint work on temperate zone rice breeding and hybrid development.
• Colombia Rice OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFedearroz and other Colombian organizations. Host FLAR headquarters at CIAT campus. Collaborate on genetic improvement, released first HIAAL hybrids (Fedearroz H57 and H35).
• HIAAL Consortium MemberscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium for Hybrid Rice for Latin America (HIAAL) founded in 2012 by FLAR and CIAT. 11 member countries developing high-yielding hybrids with disease tolerance. First commercial hybrids released in Colombia in 2020.
• Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal platform for sustainable rice cultivation led by IRRI, UNEP, GIZ, and 90+ global members. FLAR collaborates on sustainability standards implementation and GLOBALG.A.P. certified training for members.
• GLOBALG.A.P.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal certification system endorsed by SRP. FLAR partnered to provide training for SRP standards implementation, with 15 member spots offered free of charge in 2020.
• HarvestPlusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on biofortification of rice and virtual seed production training courses. Joint work through the Rice Observatory for Latin America.
• University of ArkansasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic collaboration on rice research including consumer preference studies on broken rice in Colombia. Joint publication with University of Davis-California.
• Panama Regional Office PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional office opened June 2024 for Central America and Caribbean. Collaborates with Conagrosemillas, IDIAP, Banco Nacional de Panamá on rice projects.
• CIRAD (French Agricultural Research Center)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearcher Jérôme Bartholomé stationed at Alliance Bioversity-CIAT provides expertise on genomic tools and simulation approaches for rice breeding optimization.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/arrozFLAR
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@arrozflar1
• Facebookfacebook.com/arrozFLAR
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/flar-fondo-latinoamericano-para-arroz-de-riego
• Instagraminstagram.com/arrozflar

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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