Secretaria da Agricultura, Pecuária e Irrigação

What Secretaria da Agricultura, Pecuária e Irrigação does

Secretaria da Agricultura, Pecuária e Irrigação (SEAPI), formally Secretaria da Agricultura, Pecuária, Produção Sustentável e Irrigação, is a state government department of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, created in 1935 and operating under the executive branch of the state government. The department is the sole state authority responsible for agricultural policy, livestock and plant health defense, official agricultural documentation, and rural development programs covering approximately 429,900 agricultural establishments in the state. It funds itself through state budget allocations, federal convênios (e.g., R$ 22.28M from MAPA and R$ 1.6M from Embrapa in 2024), and minor laboratory and certification fees, with no commercial revenue generation.

SEAPI's core product is the Produtor Online platform, a digital portal through which rural producers, technical professionals, and authorized veterinarians issue GTA (animal transport guides) and PTV (plant transport permits), consult SIMAGRO weather data, and access public consultations. It is supported by a set of specialized systems: SDA (Sistema de Defesa Agropecuária) for property and producer registration, SISDEVIN for winery and wine declarations, Monitora Ferrugem RS for Asian Soybean Rust risk modeling, and a 2024-launched individual bovine traceability pilot. Two in-house research facilities — the Centro Estadual de Diagnóstico e Pesquisa em Saúde Animal Desidério Finamor (CEPVDF) and the Laboratório de Análise de Substratos para Plantas (LASPP) — provide laboratory diagnostics. Distribution is hybrid: statewide physical Inspetorias and Escritórios de Defesa Agropecuária plus the digital self-service portals, with PROCERGS providing the underlying IT infrastructure.

SEAPI operates a portfolio of sectoral programs (PrÓ-Milho/RS, PrÓ-Oliva, PrÓ-Pecã, Irriga+RS, Mais Água Mais Renda, Agregar Carnes RS) in conjunction with linked institutions Ceasa, Irga, and Emater/RS-Ascar, plus financial partners (Banrisul, Badesul, BRDE, Banco do Brasil, Sicredi) and research partners (Embrapa, IBRAOLIVA). Services are predominantly free; only laboratory analyses and certain renewal certificates carry fees (e.g., R$ 55 for soil analysis, R$ 30–R$ 80 per element for fertilizer analysis, scaled swine certification fees). Monitoring and communication occur through the institutional portal seapi.rs.gov.br, social media, agricultural fairs (Expointer, Feira do Azeite), and technical seminars. Compliance includes Brazil's LGPD privacy regime.

Name

Secretaria da Agricultura, Pecuária e Irrigação

Legal name

Secretaria da Agricultura, Pecuária, Produção Sustentável e Irrigação

Website

https://seapi.rs.gov.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1935

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SEAPI is the Rio Grande do Sul state agricultural secretariat, the sole authority issuing official animal, plant, and forestry documentation to the state's ~429,900 rural producers. It runs digital platforms (Produtor Online, SDA, SISDEVIN), disease-monitoring systems, sectoral programs (corn, olive, pecan, irrigation), and federal cooperation agreements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Agricultural Services

NAICS

Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities (92614), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (92411)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Administration (BPAIAAAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Monitoring, Data & Reporting (Air/Water/Soil) (BPAIAMAC), Environmental Permitting & Impact Assessment (EIA/NEPA) (BPAIAMAK)

Keywords

• Government agricultural services
• Animal health certification
• Phytosanitary certification
• Rural technical assistance
• Agricultural inspection services

Headquarters

HQ city

Porto Alegre

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocation: The department operates as a state government secretariat funded through public budget allocations from the Government of Rio Grande do Sul. No commercial revenue generation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

SEAPI is a state government secretariat that delivers official agricultural services to rural producers, agribusinesses, and the public of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its core offerings include the issuance of statutory animal and plant transport documentation (GTA and PTV), phytosanitary and animal health certification, rural property and producer registration, laboratory diagnostic analyses (soil, substrate, fertilizer, animal health), and the administration of state agricultural development programs covering irrigation, corn, pecan, and olive production. The department also operates digital service platforms (Produtor Online, SDA, SISDEVIN) and agricultural surveillance systems for plant and animal disease monitoring.

Product overview

The Secretaria da Agricultura, Pecuária, Produção Sustentável e Irrigação (SEAPI) operates a digital service platform centered on the Produtor Online system, which provides rural producers with online access to agricultural services. Supporting core systems include SDA (Sistema de Defesa Agropecuária) for agricultural defense and certification management, and SISDEVIN for viniculture declarations. The organization offers specialized monitoring programs like Monitora Ferrugem RS for soybean rust detection, a cattle traceability pilot for individual animal identification, and digital services for issuing GTA (animal transport guides) and PTV (plant transport permits). Additional offerings include agricultural dashboards, transparency portals, and various public policy programs for irrigation, grains, olives, and pecans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Produtor Online Platform
• SDA - Sistema de Defesa Agropecuária
• SISDEVIN - Sistema de Cadastro Vinícola
• Monitora Ferrugem RS
• Projeto Piloto de Rastreabilidade Bovina e Bubalina
• GTA - Guia de Trânsito Animal
• PTV - Permissão de Trânsito Vegetal
• SIMAGRO-RS
• Programa Mais Água, Mais Renda (Irriga+RS)
• Programa Pró-Pecã
• Programa Pró-Oliva
• Laboratory Diagnostic Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Irrigation program increased irrigated area from 100,000 to 220,000 hectares, more than doubling rainfed irrigation
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Centrais de Abastecimento do Rio Grande do Sul (Ceasa)coreOthersCeasa is an autarchy linked to the Secretariat responsible for agricultural market coordination and food supply infrastructure in Rio Grande do Sul.
• Instituto Rio Grandense do Arroz (Irga)coreOthersIrga is a linked autarchy of the Secretariat responsible for rice production research and development in Rio Grande do Sul.
• Emater/RS-AscarcoreOthersAssociação Riograndense de Empreendimentos de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural operates in conjunction with Associação Sulina de Crédito e Assistência Rural (Ascar) to provide technical assistance and rural extension services.
• PROCERGS - Centro de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul S.A.coreTechnology or IntegrationPROCERGS is the technology operator for the State of Rio Grande do Sul, responsible for IT infrastructure and systems development for government portals.
• EmbrapacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrazilian Agricultural Research Corporation provides research support for pecan, olive, and other agricultural programs.
• IBRAOLIVA - Instituto Brasileiro da OliviculturacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrazilian Olive Institute created in 2017 with support from the Sectorial Chamber of Olive Trees to organize olive producers and promote olive oil production.
• Embrapa Clima TemperadocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmbrapa research unit in Pelotas focusing on climate-temperate agriculture, providing olive oil analysis laboratory services.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Emater/RS-Ascar: Emater/RS is a partially linked rural extension and technical assistance partner under SEAPI's umbrella, providing field-level producer-facing services that complement SEAPI's regulatory and program-delivery role.
• Secretaria de Estado da Agricultura e Pecuária de Mato Grosso: Mato Grosso's agricultural secretariat covers Brazil's largest grain-producing state and performs the same combination of agricultural defense, certification, and program execution that defines SEAPI's mandate.
• Secretaria da Agricultura e do Abastecimento do Paraná: The Paraná state agricultural secretariat is structurally and functionally comparable, providing GTA/PTV issuance, livestock traceability, and producer-support programs to a comparable producer base.
• Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo: The São Paulo state agricultural secretariat is the closest analogue — a same-tier state-level public administration entity delivering agricultural defense, extension, and program implementation services across the state's territory.

Broad incumbents

• Embrapa (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária): Embrapa is the federal agricultural research corporation with which SEAPI partners via formal convênios (including the R$1.6M 2024 climate agreement); broader in scope but tightly intertwined operationally through joint research, lab services, and program support.
• Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (CONAB): CONAB operates federal agricultural market intelligence, supply programs, and minimum-price policy — broader scope than SEAPI but functionally overlapping on program design that affects RS producers.
• USDA Farm Service Agency: The U.S. federal FSA is a broader incumbent analogue delivering farm program implementation, producer registration, and acreage reporting — conceptually parallel to SEAPI's producer-facing programs at a much larger scale.
• Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária (MAPA): MAPA is the federal-level counterpart that defines national agricultural policy, provides convênios to state secretariats such as SEAPI, and oversees federal agricultural defense — the broader incumbent operating one tier above state agencies.

Others

• PROCERGS: Rio Grande do Sul's state IT provider, the technology infrastructure partner that operates SEAPI's portals and underlying systems rather than competing with the secretariat itself.

Regional players

• Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca de Argentina (national equivalent): Argentina's national agricultural secretariat is a regional analogue in the broader Mercosul agricultural policy context, with comparable phytosanitary defense, livestock traceability, and irrigation/extension program functions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/agricultura_rs
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/agricultura_rs
• Facebookfacebook.com/agriculturars
• Instagraminstagram.com/agricultura.rs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/secretaria-da-agricultura-pecu%C3%A1ria-e-irriga%C3%A7%C3%A3o

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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