Secretaria do Estado da Agricultura

Name

Secretaria do Estado da Agricultura

Legal name

Secretaria de Estado da Agricultura de Minas Gerais

Website

https://agricultura.mg.gov.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Agricultural Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFACAFAM

Water Rights, Permitting & Compliance Services (Allocations, Reporting)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Irrigation & Water Management Services (Design, Scheduling, Maintenance)

SECONDARYAFAAAFAA

Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) & Farm ERPs

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Equipment & Technology/Precision Agriculture & Farm Management Software (GIS, IoT, Telematics)

SECONDARYAFACACAE

Soil & Terrain Mapping Services (EC/EM Scanning, Topography, Zone Delineation)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Precision Agriculture Services (Remote Sensing, Variable Rate, Farm Data Services)

SECONDARYAFACAFAJ

Water Efficiency Audits & Irrigation Performance Assessments

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Irrigation & Water Management Services (Design, Scheduling, Maintenance)

SECONDARYAFAAAFAB

Field Mapping, GIS & Remote Sensing Analytics

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Equipment & Technology/Precision Agriculture & Farm Management Software (GIS, IoT, Telematics)

Keywords

• Agricultural public services
• Artisanal cheese certification
• Rural development programs
• Land regularization services
• Family agriculture support

Headquarters

HQ city

s/n sn

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Budget Funding: Government entity funded through state public budgets. No commercial revenue generation. Services are primarily funded by government appropriations and delivered as public services to citizens of Minas Gerais.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Secretaria do Estado da Agricultura is a state government secretariat that delivers agricultural public services across Minas Gerais, Brazil. Its core offerings include official recognition and certification of artisanal cheese production across 16 regions, rural development programs (cattle genetics, pequi harvesting, irrigation), family agriculture support (food acquisition, cooperative development, market access), and land regularization services. It distributes services through physical UAIs, digital portals, mobile applications, and telephone channels free of charge to citizens and farmers.

Product overview

Secretaria do Estado da Agricultura is a government agency providing a portfolio of agricultural support services, including artisanal cheese production programs (Queijos Artesanais spanning 16 regions), genetic improvement programs (Pró-Genética e Pró-Fêmeas), agricultural technology initiatives (AGRITECH), food acquisition programs (PAA Familiar), irrigation management (Irrigaminas), and cooperative development support (Cooperaf-MG, Cedraf-MG). The portfolio includes both direct service programs and institutional support for family agriculture, with most services accessible through the MG Portal (mg.gov.br) government services platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Queijos Artesanais (Artisanal Cheeses Program) Government program that recognizes and supports artisanal cheese production across 16 designated regions in Minas Gerais, including Queijo Minas Artesanal (QMA) from regions like Araxá, Canastra, Serro, and Cerrado, formalized under state regulations and cultural heritage protection.
• Pró-Genética e Pró-Fêmeas State program supporting genetic improvement and female cattle breeding for small and medium farmers in Minas Gerais.
• PAA Familiar (Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos) State food acquisition program supporting family agriculture producers through government procurement and food donation to populations in need.
• AGRITECH Agricultural technology innovation program promoting technology solutions for farming and rural development in Minas Gerais.
• Irrigaminas Irrigation program with a Power BI dashboard for agricultural water management and monitoring across Minas Gerais.
• Cooperaf-MG Cooperative development and support program for family agriculture producers in Minas Gerais.
• Cedraf-MG Center for documentation, regularization, and rural property registration services for family agriculture producers.
• Pró-Pequi Program supporting pequi (caryocar) fruit production, sustainable harvesting, and conservation in Minas Gerais.
• Feira 'do campo pra cá' Farmers market program connecting family agriculture producers with urban consumers through direct commercialization channels.
• Agrosilício Agricultural program related to silicon-based soil amendments and agricultural inputs for crop production.
• Zoneamento Ambiental e Produtivo Environmental and productive zoning program for sustainable land use planning in agriculture across Minas Gerais.
• Proalminas Program supporting agricultural production, including mineral water resources, across Minas Gerais.
• Kit Feira Livre Short commercialization circuit program providing market stall kits for family agriculture producers to support direct sales.
• Pró-Brumadinho Reparation Programs Reparation programs for 853 municipalities affected by the Brumadinho dam collapse, including environmental repair, socioeconomic reparation, public service strengthening, and water security projects for the Paraopeba Basin.

Quantifiable outcome

• 36,100 tonnes/year artisanal cheese production from 9,192 agroindustries across 16 regions
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Secretaria de Estado de Planejamento e Gestão - SEPLAGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEPLAG is a key strategic partner providing the central management framework for government services. SEPLAG coordinates the operation of UAIs (Unidades de Atendimento Integrado), manages the LigMinas 155 call center, oversees service standardization through the Carta de Serviços, and implements the Transforma Minas program for public service transformation. The partnership enables coordinated service delivery across all state secretariats.
• Secretaria de Estado de Saúde - SEScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSES provides health services through the LigMinas telephone central (option 2 for Farmácia de Minas) and operates the specialized medication distribution system via Farmácia de Minas and regional health units. SES manages health service scheduling and provides specialized pharmaceutical components (CEAF) to citizens.
• EMATER (Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural de Minas Gerais)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMATER is the official source of agricultural data referenced by the Secretaria da Agricultura, including the Safra Agroindústria 2025 report. EMATER provides technical assistance and rural extension services that support agricultural production, rural development programs, and artisanal cheese production data collection across all recognized regions.
• Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais - COPASAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOPASA provides water and sanitation services accessible through the government service portal. Services include water connection, billing, account management, leak reporting, and service scheduling available via webchat, WhatsApp (31) 9 9770 7000, and physical agencies.
• Departamento Estadual de Trânsito - DETRANminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDETRAN provides vehicle registration, driver's licensing, and vehicle transfer services accessible through the LigMinas 155 call center (option 4) and UAI physical locations. Services include vehicle property transfer, driver's license renewal, and vehicle registration management.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA): Federal-level agriculture ministry that sets national agricultural policy, sanitary, phytosanitary, and food-safety standards. Operates as the broader incumbent whose mandates the state secretariat implements and complements within Minas Gerais.
• Climate FieldView (Bayer): Global precision agriculture platform owned by Bayer, providing FMIS, GIS, and remote sensing analytics to large and mid-size producers. Comparable as a commercial precision-agriculture / FMIS player whose category overlaps with the AGRITECH initiative.

Direct peers

• Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo: State-level agriculture secretariat for São Paulo, Brazil's other largest ag state. Directly comparable in mandate: agricultural policy administration, rural development programs, and certification authority over São Paulo's primary agricultural production.
• EPAMIG (Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais): State agricultural research company linked to the Secretaria da Agricultura, performing R&D for Minas Gerais ag producers. Closely adjacent as a state-affiliated agricultural technology and research provider supporting the same rural producers.
• Secretaria de Estado da Agricultura e do Abastecimento do Paraná: State agriculture secretariat for Paraná, a major Brazilian grain and livestock producer. Directly comparable as a state executive secretariat administering agricultural policy, rural development, and producer support programs within its jurisdiction.
• Secretaria da Agricultura, Pecuária e Desenvolvimento Rural do Rio Grande do Sul: State agriculture secretariat for Rio Grande do Sul, comparable in mandate for rural development, family-farmer support, and livestock genetics programs (Pró-Genética analogous programs). Direct administrative peer for Brazilian state-level agricultural policy execution.
• EMATER (Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural de Minas Gerais): Partner technical-assistance agency that executes much of the Secretaria da Agricultura's field programs. Highly comparable as a state-level entity providing agricultural extension, rural data collection, and direct producer support across Minas Gerais.

Emerging players

• Solinftec: Brazilian agritech company providing farm management software, IoT, and precision agriculture platforms to large farms. Comparable as an AGRITECH-style commercial actor that the secretariat's AGRITECH program interfaces with for digital ag innovation in Minas Gerais.

Others

• INPE (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais): Brazil's federal space research institute that produces agricultural remote sensing, land-use and crop-monitoring data used by state agriculture secretariats. Adjacent enabling partner for zoneamento and remote-sensing analytics programs.
• SENAR (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Rural): National rural professional training and technical assistance service. Operates as an adjacent ecosystem participant that delivers training and rural capacity-building services complementing state agriculture secretariats' programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/governodeminasgerais
• Facebookfacebook.com/governomg
• Instagraminstagram.com/governomg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/secretaria-do-estado-da-agricultura

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