Instituto nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

Name

Instituto nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

Legal name

Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

Website

https://inta.gob.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Research and Extension Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (11511), Crop Production (111)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Farm Technology Enablement & Data Integration Advisory (FMIS/ERP, IoT, Decision Support) (AFACAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Farm Management & Decision Support Software (FMIS, ERP, Recordkeeping) (AFAGALAA), Decision Support & Agronomic Modeling (Yield, Irrigation, Pest/Disease Forecasting) (AFAAAFAF), Data Integration, Interoperability & APIs (ETL, Data Standards, Connectivity Hubs) (AFABAMAL)

Keywords

• Agricultural research
• Agricultural extension services
• Technology transfer
• Agroindustrial innovation
• Crop genetics research

Headquarters

HQ city

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

INTA conducts applied agricultural research and provides nationwide extension services to advance the sustainable development of Argentina's agricultural, agri-food, and agroindustrial sectors. It transfers knowledge and technology to producers through a national network of regional centers, research centers, and experimental stations, and disseminates findings via scientific publications, open-access repositories, geospatial platforms, agroclimatic data tools, and improved plant varieties developed through genetic and gene-editing research.

Product overview

INTA operates as a unified institutional platform offering agricultural research, extension services, and knowledge transfer. The core portfolio includes the Revista RIA scientific journal and Ediciones INTA publishing house for research dissemination; the Repositorio INTA Digital for open-access knowledge repository; Cartera de Proyectos for research project management; and INTA Geo for geospatial analytics. Supporting services include Información Agroclimática for climate data, Oferta Tecnológica for technology transfer, and Variedades Vegetales for improved crop genetics. These offerings are unified under a national extension network with 15 regional centers, 6 research centers, and over 350 Agrofood Experimental Stations across Argentina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Revista RIA: Revista de investigaciones agropecuarias directed at the scientific community
• Repositorio INTA digital
• Ediciones INTA
• INTA Geo
• INTA Informa

Products and services

• Revista RIA

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CREAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerINTA collaborates with CREA (Consorcios Regionales de Experimentación Agrícola), a network of Argentine agricultural producers, to analyze challenges and opportunities in the agricultural sector. This partnership focuses on joint analysis of campaign challenges and sustainable development initiatives for the agricultural sector.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• CSIRO: Australia's national science agency, with significant agricultural research programs. Comparable as a publicly funded research powerhouse, though its scope extends well beyond agriculture.
• USDA Agricultural Research Service: The US Department of Agriculture's in-house research agency. Comparable as a federal applied-research body covering crops, livestock, genetics, and agroclimatic science, though operating at much larger scale and budget.
• CGIAR: Global partnership of international agricultural research centers. Comparable to INTA through its crop-genetics, agroclimatic, and food-systems research programs, and as a possible partner or competitor for international R&D funding.
• INRAE: France's national research institute for agriculture, food, and environment. Operates at a larger scale and scope but shares INTA's public-mandate model for applied agricultural research and extension services.
• ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research): India's apex national agricultural research body with a vast network of institutes and extension programs. Comparable to INTA in its mandate, scale, and public-sector extension model across a large agrarian economy.

Direct peers

• CIRAD: France's agricultural research and international cooperation organization. Comparable to INTA in its dual applied-research and development-extension mandate, with similar institutional model and a focus on tropical and developing-country agriculture.
• Rothamsted Research: The UK's oldest agricultural research institute, focused on crop science, agroecology, and applied genetics. Comparable as a long-standing public research body publishing open-access science and operating experimental stations.
• EMBRAPA: Brazil's national agricultural research corporation, comparable in mandate to INTA as a publicly funded R&D and extension body serving a major South American agricultural economy. EMBRAPA is the closest structural analog to INTA in the region.
• AgResearch (New Zealand): New Zealand's Crown Research Institute focused on pastoral and agricultural science. Comparable as a state-owned research entity delivering applied science, genetics, and extension services to national producers.

Regional players

• SENASA: Argentina's national food and agricultural health/quality service. A sibling Argentine government entity rather than a direct competitor, but comparable as a counterpart institution relevant to INTA's regulatory and extension ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/intaargentina
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/webinta
• Facebookfacebook.com/INTAargentina
• Instagraminstagram.com/inta.argentina
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/instituto-nacional-de-tecnolog-a-agropecuaria

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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