Desarrollo Rural

What Desarrollo Rural does

Desarrollo Rural is the Secretaría de Desarrollo Rural (Secretariat of Rural Development) of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, a government department that operates an internal IT unit known as the Oficina de Sistemas (Systems Office). The Oficina de Sistemas is responsible for administering technology resources, providing preventive and corrective hardware and software maintenance, advising personnel and directors across the secretariat's administrative units, and analyzing, designing, and developing custom information systems to support the secretariat's operational processes. It also handles the publication of information requested by the various administrative units of the department.

The entity has built and maintains a portfolio of 15 internally developed software systems covering livestock administration (cattle branding iron registration and revalidation, livestock movement passes, quarantine management, the SIMEGA statewide mobilization system, the SINEG livestock statistics system, and the CEMIR identification card delivery system), forestry management (forestry system, firewood control, forestry industry), land administration (PRECAMARE possession titles), document management (SURO unified correspondence registry), and infrastructure monitoring (a Semaforización system for wastewater treatment plants and control committees currently in development). It also operates a Mesa de Ayuda help desk for IT support requests. The systems serve all 67 municipalities of the State of Chihuahua, the municipal livestock departments, border and inspection checkpoints (casetas de inspección), and internal administrative units of the secretariat.

The business model is entirely non-commercial: as a government department, Desarrollo Rural is funded through state government budgets and delivers IT services to internal units and municipalities at no charge. The entity is led by Ing. Abelardo Avalos Lara, Supervisor Administrativo and head of the Oficina de Sistemas, with a small named technical team including software developers and analyst-programmers. The office is part of the Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua's official state government apparatus and is not subject to private market dynamics, venture funding, or commercial revenue mechanics.

Name

Desarrollo Rural

Legal name

Secretaría de Desarrollo Rural, Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua

Website

https://sdr.chihuahua.gob.mx

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Desarrollo Rural is the Secretaría de Desarrollo Rural of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, operating an in-house IT office that develops and maintains 15 software systems for livestock, forestry, and land administration serving all 67 municipalities of Chihuahua at no charge.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Agricultural Administration Software

NAICS

Support Activities for Animal Production (115210), Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry (115), Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities (92614)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAEALAF

Livestock Identification, Traceability & Recordkeeping Services (Tagging, RFID)

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Production & Aquaculture/Animal Welfare, Boarding & Production Support Services (non-veterinary)

SECONDARYAFACAJAE

Regulatory Compliance, Permitting & Audit Readiness (Food Safety, Environmental, Labor)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Farm Management & Operational Advisory Services

SECONDARYAFAAAFAL

Compliance, Recordkeeping & Audit Management (Food Safety, Chemical Use, Labor)

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

Keywords

• Government IT systems
• Livestock management software
• Agricultural administration
• Forestry management systems
• Public sector software

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Desarrollo Rural's Oficina de Sistemas develops and maintains a portfolio of 15 in-house software systems that support agricultural, livestock, and forestry administration for the State of Chihuahua. These systems handle cattle branding iron registration and revalidation, livestock movement control, animal health quarantines, livestock statistics, forestry management, firewood control, land possession titles, official document registration, and IT support ticketing across 67 municipalities and internal administrative units. The office also provides preventive and corrective hardware and software maintenance, technology advisory, and custom software development to all administrative units of the Secretaría de Desarrollo Rural.

Product overview

Desarrollo Rural (Secretaría de Desarrollo Rural del Estado de Chihuahua) operates as a government IT department providing agricultural and livestock administration through a portfolio of 15 internally developed systems. The core offerings include livestock management systems (Registro de Fierros de Herrar, Emisión de Pases de Ganado, SIMEGA, SINEG, CEMIR) for cattle brand registration, movement control, and statistical tracking; forestry management systems (Sistema Forestal, Control de Leña, Industria Forestal) for forest resource administration; land management (Títulos de Posesión - PRECAMARE); document management (SURO); and infrastructure monitoring (Semaforización COCODI). The Mesa de Ayuda serves as the technical support portal. All systems are developed and maintained in-house by the Oficina de Sistemas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Registro de Fierros de Herrar System for registering new brand marks and managing the revalidation of existing cattle brand registries across the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua State. Used by the Módulo de Revalidación de Fierros de Herrar and municipal livestock departments.
• Consulta de Fierros de Herrar Public query system for consulting the registered cattle brand marks registry. Used by the Módulo de Revalidación de Fierros de Herrar and municipal livestock departments.
• Emisión de Pases de Ganado System for generating and printing livestock movement passes used at inspection checkpoints. Used by Inspection Stations (Casetas de Inspección) and municipal livestock departments.
• Cuarentenas a Fierros de Herrar System for managing quarantines applied to cattle brand marks. Used by the Módulo de Revalidación de Fierros de Herrar and municipal livestock departments.
• Sistema de Movilización Estatal Ganadero y Agrícola (SIMEGA) State-level livestock and agricultural movement control system for the State of Chihuahua. Used by the Módulo de Revalidación de Fierros de Herrar and municipal livestock departments.
• Pases de Caballo para Uso Deportivo System for issuing horse passes for sporting use. Used by Inspection Stations and municipal livestock departments.
• Sistema Integral de Estadística Ganadera (SINEG) Integrated livestock statistics system for data management and reporting. Used by the Módulo de Revalidación de Fierros de Herrar and municipal livestock departments.
• Control de Entrega de Micas Revalidadas (CEMIR) System for controlling the delivery of revalidated identification cards (micas) for cattle branding. Used by the Módulo de Revalidación de Fierros de Herrar and municipal livestock departments.
• Sistema Forestal Forestry management system for forest resource administration. Used by Inspection Stations and municipal livestock departments.
• Control de Leña System for managing and controlling firewood resources and distribution. Used by the Módulo de Revalidación de Fierros de Herrar and municipal livestock departments.
• Industria Forestal System for managing forestry industry operations and documentation. Used by the Módulo de Revalidación de Fierros de Herrar and municipal livestock departments.
• Títulos de Posesión (PRECAMARE) System for managing land possession titles within the State of Chihuahua. Used by Inspection Stations and municipal livestock departments.
• Sistema Único de Registro de Oficios (SURO) Unified system for registering official government documents and correspondence. Used by the Módulo de Revalidación de Fierros de Herrar and municipal livestock departments.
• Semaforización PTAR, PTCI, COCODI Traffic light/monitoring system for wastewater treatment plants (PTAR), treatment plants (PTCI), and control committees (COCODI), currently under development. Used by the Módulo de Revalidación de Fierros de Herrar and municipal livestock departments.
• Mesa de Ayuda Help desk system for registering technical IT support requests from administrative units of the Secretaría de Desarrollo Rural.

Quantifiable outcome

• Systems and support provided to all 67 municipalities across the State of Chihuahua

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature12 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Allflex Livestock Intelligence (Merck Animal Health): Global leader in livestock identification (visual and RFID tags) and traceability infrastructure. Comparable because both build systems that anchor animal identification and movement records, though Allflex is a commercial vendor serving the same end market.
• Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (SADER, ex-SAGARPA): Federal Mexican agricultural ministry that sets nationwide agricultural policy and regulatory frameworks, of which state-level secretariats like Desarrollo Rural are operational extensions.
• Datamars (Livestock Division): Provider of RFID livestock identification tags and traceability software used by governments and producers. Comparable in the livestock identification and registry layer that anchors animal traceability programs.

Direct peers

• SENASICA (Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria): Mexico's federal agency for agrifood health, safety and quality, which administers national livestock traceability, animal movement controls, and branding/identification registries. Directly analogous in function to Desarrollo Rural but at federal scope.
• Secretaría de Desarrollo Agropecuario de otros estados mexicanos (e.g., Jalisco, Sonora, Durango): Peer state-level agricultural secretariats in other Mexican states that perform the same livestock registration, movement pass issuance, and forestry oversight functions within their own jurisdictions — natural comparables for both mandate and IT footprint.

Emerging players

• Conservis: Farm management software platform providing recordkeeping, compliance, and operational analytics for agricultural producers. Comparable in the farm/agricultural recordkeeping and regulatory compliance domain.
• CattleMax: Commercial cattle recordkeeping and herd management software used by ranchers and livestock operations. Comparable as a livestock recordkeeping platform, though targeted at private producers rather than state regulators.
• Granular (Corteva Agriscience): Farm management software offering planning, recordkeeping, and analytics tools for crop and livestock operations. Comparable in the broader agricultural IT and farm management software category.

Others

• CNOG (Confederación Nacional de Organizaciones Ganaderas): National confederation of Mexican livestock producer organizations that interfaces with federal and state livestock regulators on identification, movement, and traceability programs. Comparable as a stakeholder in the same livestock administration ecosystem.
• Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua (other secretariats' IT offices): Sibling IT offices within the same parent state government that deliver analogous in-house software services for other policy areas (health, education, finance) — comparable as fellow internal government software delivery units.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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