BAHIATER

Name

BAHIATER

Legal name

Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Rural do Estado da Bahia

Website

https://sdr.ba.gov.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

BAHIATER is the rural technical assistance and extension unit within Bahia's Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Rural, providing free agricultural guidance and rural development programs to family farmers across the state's biomes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Extension Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry (115), Support Activities for Forestry (115310), Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Forestry (800)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAMAF

Forestry & Public Lands Administration (State/National Forests)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Environmental Protection & Natural Resources Administration

SECONDARYIMAMAJAK

Ecosystem Services & Natural Capital Programs (Water, Biodiversity Credits, PES)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Paper & Forest Products/Forest Management, Reforestation & Carbon Forestry Services

Keywords

• Rural extension services
• Agricultural technical assistance
• Family farming support
• Rural development programs
• Public agronomy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Salvador

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

BAHIATER is a government unit within the State of Bahia's Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Rural (SDR) that provides free agricultural technical assistance and rural extension services (ATER) to smallholder and family farmers across Bahia's diverse biomes. Its portfolio includes biome-specific technical assistance (ATER Biomas), farmers market access programs (Vem Pra Feira), rural citizenship initiatives (Cidadania Rural), community horticulture (Viva Horta), beekeeping support under the Bahia Sem Fome initiative, and regional sustainable development programs targeting the Caatinga, Mata Atlântica, and Sertão regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ATER Biomas

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• EMATER-RJ (Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural do Estado do Rio de Janeiro): Rio de Janeiro state rural extension agency. Direct institutional peer with the same public rural extension mandate and state-government funding model as BAHIATER.
• EMATER-MG (Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural do Estado de Minas Gerais): Minas Gerais state-level rural extension and technical assistance agency. The most direct structural peer to BAHIATER, delivering free agricultural extension services to family farmers across a different Brazilian state with similar biome diversity.
• AGRAER (Agência de Desenvolvimento Agrário e Extensão Rural de Mato Grosso do Sul): Mato Grosso do Sul state agency for agrarian development and rural extension. Direct structural peer to BAHIATER, providing government-funded technical assistance to family farmers in a different Brazilian state.
• EMPAER-MT (Empresa Mato-Grossense de Pesquisa, Assistência e Extensão Rural): Mato Grosso state rural extension and research agency. Another Brazilian state-level public rural extension entity with the same structural and functional mandate as BAHIATER.
• EMATER-DF (Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural do Distrito Federal): Distrito Federal rural extension agency. Same institutional form and public-service mandate as BAHIATER, providing free agricultural technical assistance to smallholder producers.
• EPAGRI (Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensão Rural de Santa Catarina): Santa Catarina state agency combining agricultural research and rural extension. Closely comparable to BAHIATER in mandate (smallholder technical assistance) and free public-service funding model, though serving a different biome profile.
• CATI (Coordenadoria de Assistência Técnica Integral - São Paulo): São Paulo state-level rural technical assistance coordination unit. Directly comparable organizational structure and public rural extension mandate to BAHIATER, serving family farmers within a large Brazilian state.

Broad incumbents

• EMBRAPA (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária): Federal Brazilian agricultural research corporation. Operates at a broader national scale and is a likely upstream research and technology partner for state-level extension agencies like BAHIATER, providing the technical and scientific basis for ATER programs.
• INEMA (Instituto do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos - Bahia): Bahia state environmental and water resources agency. While not a direct agricultural extension peer, INEMA is a sister state-level body operating in the same state and jurisdiction as BAHIATER, with overlapping concerns around biome protection and natural resource management.
• CAR (Companhia de Desenvolvimento e Ação Regional - Bahia): Bahia state regional development and action company, also under the state government. Sister entity in the same jurisdiction as BAHIATER, with overlapping rural development responsibilities and biome-specific programs (e.g., Parceiros da Mata, Sertão Vivo).

Market position

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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