Name

FGV Agro

Legal name

FGV Agro - Centro de Estudos do Agronegócio da Fundação Getulio Vargas

Website

https://agro.fgv.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agribusiness Research and Policy Advisory

akta.pro primary industry

Agriculture & Land-Use MRV (Soil carbon, livestock, forestry/REDD+) (EUAHADAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Carbon, Sustainability & MRV Platforms (GHG Accounting, Regenerative Ag) (AFAAAFAK), Enterprise Carbon Accounting & GHG Inventory Platforms (EUABAEAA), Carbon, Sustainability & Traceability MRV (Field-Level Measurement/Reporting/Verification) (AFABAMAK)

Keywords

• Agribusiness research
• Rural credit analysis
• Agricultural policy advisory
• Bioeconomy observatory
• Agricultural macroeconomic indicators

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Educational Programs: FGV Agro develops and offers short-duration courses and executive education programs (MBA) in agribusiness topics including carbon measurement, data science for bioenergy, logistics, artificial intelligence, derivatives, and succession planning. Revenue generated through course tuition fees.
2. Sponsorships and Partnerships: FGV Agro receives financial support from sponsors including CNA, Itaú, Rabobank, Sistema OCB, and others who support specific observatories and research programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FGV Agro is the agribusiness research and knowledge center of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). It produces macroeconomic analysis, publications (including the Agroanalysis magazine since 1978), proprietary indices (PIMAgro), databases on labor and trade in agribusiness, and runs the Bioeconomy (OCBio) and Rural Credit & Insurance (OCSR) observatories. It also delivers short courses, an MBA in Agribusiness, and paid technical advisory services to producers, companies, and government entities in Brazil.

Product overview

FGV Agro is a think tank focused on Brazilian agribusiness development, operating as a research and knowledge center rather than a traditional software product company. The core offerings include Painel Agro (macroeconomic dashboard), PIMAgro (agricultural production index), labor market and trade performance databases, Agroanalysis magazine, and specialized observatories on Bioeconomy (OCBio) and Rural Insurance (OCSR). Supporting services include technical advisory, educational courses (short programs and MBAs), and research projects like the Fundo Amazônia initiative. The organization positions itself as a knowledge hub providing analysis, publications, and training rather than a technology product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Observatório de Conhecimento e Inovação em Bioeconomia (OCBio): An interdisciplinary center created by FGV specializing in climate change, land use, and biodiversity. Produces applied knowledge, technical training, and information dissemination to assist Brazil in transitioning to a low-carbon economy.
• Observatório de Crédito e Seguro Rural (OCSR)
• Agroanalysis

Products and services

• Painel Agro Initiative providing periodic macroeconomic information and analysis on Brazilian agribusiness, structured as the main dashboard for the agricultural sector combining PIMAgro, labor and trade datasets.
• PIMAgro (Índice de Produção Agroindustrial) Monthly industrial production index measuring short-term evolution of value added by Brazil's agroindustry, built from IBGE PIM-PF microdata and providing historical series since 2002.
• Mercado de Trabalho do Agro (Agro Labor Market Database) Labor market database organized from PNAD Contínua Trimestral microdata, covering agriculture and agroindustry and their subsectors to support workforce and remuneration analysis.
• Desempenho Comercial do Agro (Agro Trade Performance Database) Analysis of exports, imports and trade balance for agriculture and agroindustry based on Comex Stat portal data and compatible with IBGE classifications.
• OCBio (Observatório de Conhecimento e Inovação em Bioeconomia) Interdisciplinary observatory specializing in climate change, land use and biodiversity, producing applied knowledge and technical training for Brazil's transition to a low-carbon economy.
• OCSR (Observatório de Crédito e Seguro Rural) Interdisciplinary observatory developing products and policies addressing risk protection particularities in Brazilian agribusiness, with nuclei for modeling, public policy, innovation and regulation.
• Agroanalysis Magazine Magazine of economics and management tracking Brazilian agribusiness since 1978, organized thematically into editorial sections covering challenges, trends and sector transformations.
• Fundo Amazônia Project Public policy studies on forests and land use to reconcile protection and agricultural production in the Amazon biome, supporting Brazil's NDC targets and Forest Code compliance, financed by Fundo Amazônia via BNDES.
• Assessoria Técnica (Technical Advisory) Paid advisory services providing expertise for companies, NGOs and government entities, covering sectoral analyses, feasibility studies, policy evaluation, macroeconomic analysis and agribusiness sustainability.
• FGV Agro Short Courses and MBA in Agribusiness Short-duration courses and MBA programs for professionals from public and private companies and consultants in agribusiness and bioeconomy topics, combining theory and practice for comprehensive training.

Quantifiable outcome

• PIMAgro index covers monthly data since 2002, enabling historical trend analysis
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered major, minor and core.

• MeridianamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMeridiana think tank is a strategic partner for the Rural Credit and Insurance Observatory, collaborating on webinars and events about agricultural risk management and climate impacts.
• Embrapa Gado de CorteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmbrapa Beef Cattle research institute collaborates on sustainable and low-carbon livestock research.
• Nature Conservancy (TNC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTNC collaborates on studies about Brazil-China trade sustainability for soy and beef supply chains.
• ABIOVE (Associação Brasileira das Indústrias de Óleos Vegetais)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerABIOVE collaborates on biofuel and sustainability policy studies including the Renewable Fuel Law seminar.
• Frente Parlamentar da Agropecuária (FPA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFPA (Parliamentary Front of Agriculture) partners with FGV Agro for rural insurance events and policy discussions.
• IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística)coreTechnology or IntegrationFGV Agro uses IBGE data as the foundation for PIMAgro index construction and labor market analysis.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• IPEA: Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) is Brazil's federal economic policy think tank, producing macroeconomic and sectoral policy analysis that overlaps with FGV Agro's agribusiness economics, rural credit, and trade policy research.
• Insper: Insper is a São Paulo-based institution combining a business school, policy school, and applied research, producing sectoral economic analysis and executive education that overlaps with FGV Agro's macroeconomic, agribusiness, and executive-course offerings.

Direct peers

• Esalq/USP: Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture at the University of São Paulo is a leading Brazilian academic center for agricultural economics and applied research; multiple FGV Agro researchers hold ESALQ degrees, and the institution competes directly for agricultural-policy research mandates.
• Embrapa: Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) is the federal government's flagship agricultural research body, producing data, technical notes, and policy analysis on Brazilian agribusiness directly comparable to FGV Agro's research and advisory outputs.
• CGEE: Center for Strategic Studies and Management (CGEE) is a Brazilian strategic-studies center producing forward-looking analysis on science, technology, and sectoral policy, structurally comparable to FGV Agro as a multidisciplinary applied-research think tank.
• IEA-SP: Instituto de Economia Agrícola is the São Paulo state agricultural economics institute, producing sectoral statistics, rural-finance analysis, and policy briefs that overlap directly with FGV Agro's agribusiness economic research.
• Agroicone: Agroicone is a Brazilian agribusiness intelligence consultancy focused on sustainability, land use, and trade policy, comparable to FGV Agro's OCBio and OCSR outputs and explicitly named as a prior affiliation of FGV Agro's OCSR public policy coordinator.
• NEA/Unicamp: Núcleo de Estudos Agrários at Unicamp is an academic research nucleus focused on agribusiness economics and policy, comparable to FGV Agro's research mandate and named as a prior affiliation of FGV Agro's agribusiness researchers.

Emerging players

• Picsel: Picsel is a Brazilian agricultural insurtech led by FGV Agro OCSR's Innovation Nucleus coordinator, operating digital rural-insurance products that overlap with OCSR's rural-insurance research scope and create a direct spin-out linkage.

Others

• ABAG: Brazilian Agribusiness Association (ABAG) is the sectoral trade body that convenes agribusiness executives, produces policy input, and is referenced as a prior affiliation of FGV Agro's manager; it is adjacent rather than directly competitive.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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