What Agrofuturo does

Agrofuturo Paraguay S.A. is a privately-held Paraguayan industrial company founded in 1996 that formulates, fractionates, and distributes agricultural defensives (crop protection products) for agricultural producers. Headquartered in Asunción, the company operates two industrial plants—a headquarters/Plant I in Asunción and Plant II in the Chaco'í region near Villa Hayes—on a 45-hectare complex with over 8,000 m² of built infrastructure, producing fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, adjuvants, fertilizers, and seed treatments. Its product portfolio includes branded formulations such as DIFENAZOL (fungicide), MIDAPROLE and AGROFENTRIN (insecticides), AGROCAMBA and METOLAFEN (herbicides), MICROFERT (liquid fertilizer), and SILIGRAN (silicon-based adjuvant), with more than 135 formulations developed cumulatively.

The company runs an integrated service stack spanning product development, formulation, fractionation, ISO-certified quality control laboratory services, agrochemical registration management studies (including toxicology, mutagenicity, and ecotoxicology), marketing channel management, and after-sales producer advisory. Agrofuturo has expanded beyond Paraguay into Bolivia (Caligran Bolivia S.R.L., established 2013), Colombia (Agrofuturo Colombia SAS, established 2019), and Argentina (Agrofuturo Argentina S.A., incorporated 2022) via wholly-owned subsidiaries handling local distribution and product registrations. The company monetizes through two primary streams: (1) direct sales of its own agricultural defensive products to producers via owned warehouses and subsidiary networks in four countries, and (2) professional services revenue from third-party formulation development, quality control testing, and agrochemical registration studies. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and follows a quote-based B2B model targeting enterprise agricultural producers.

The company maintains a horizontal segmentation across agricultural producer customers, with no disclosed named-customer dependencies. Agrofuturo is the first and only Paraguayan company holding ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 17025:2008, and ISO 45001:2018 certifications (since 2016), and operates with approximately 180 employees spanning chemical engineering, industrial chemistry, biochemistry, agronomy, business administration, accounting, and marketing disciplines.

Name

Agrofuturo

Legal name

Agrofuturo Paraguay S.A.

Website

https://agrofuturo.com.py

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Agrofuturo Paraguay S.A. is a privately-held Paraguayan industrial company that formulates, fractionates, and distributes agricultural defensives (fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, adjuvants, fertilizers) for agricultural producers across Paraguay, Bolivia, Colombia, and Argentina via wholly-owned subsidiaries, supported by ISO-certified manufacturing and an integrated R&D-to-distribution service stack.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Chemicals

NAICS

Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (32532), Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing (325311), Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers (4246)

SIC

Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860)

akta.pro primary industry

Crop Protection Formulations (EC, SC, WG, WP, SL) (AFABAIAA)

Keywords

• Crop protection products
• Agricultural defensives manufacturing
• Agrochemical formulation services
• Pesticide fractionation services
• Agricultural input distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Asunción

HQ country

Paraguay

HQ region

Latin America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Agricultural Defensive Products Manufacturing and Sales: Formulation, fractionation, manufacturing and sale of agricultural defensive products including fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and adjuvants. Concentrated suspensions and soluble liquids.
2. Product Development Services: R&D and product development services for third parties, including formulation validation and agrochemical registration management studies

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Agrofuturo Paraguay S.A. is an industrial company that formulates, fractionates, manufactures, and distributes agricultural defensives including fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and adjuvants. The company also offers contract product development, quality control laboratory, and agrochemical registration management services to agricultural producers and third-party clients across Latin America.

Product overview

Agrofuturo Paraguay S.A. is an industrial company dedicated to the formulation and fractionation of agricultural defensives. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of crop protection products organized across six main categories: Herbicides (including METOLAFEN, AGROCAMBA), Fungicides (including DIFENAZOL), Insecticides (including MIDAPROLE, AGROFENTRIN), Adjuvants (including SILIGRAN), Fertilizers (including MICROFERT), and Seed Treatment products (Insecticide and Fungicide Curasemillas). The company operates through six core services: Product Development, Formulation, Fractionation, Quality Control Laboratory, Marketing Channels, and Producer Advisory. Agrofuturo serves markets in Paraguay, Bolivia, and Colombia, with plans to expand across Latin America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DIFENAZOL A fungicide combining Tebuconazol 20% + Difenoconazol 20% (SC) that inhibits ergosterol production in fungi, providing effective control of fungal diseases affecting crop leaves with rapid penetration and translocation.
• MIDAPROLE A seed treatment insecticide combining Imidacloprid 40% + Ethiprole 40% (400 g/Kg), providing broad-spectrum insect control for protected crops.
• AGROFENTRIN Bifentrina-based insecticide at 40% p/v (400 g/L) for agricultural pest control.
• AGROCAMBA Dicamba ethanolamine herbicide at 61.3% p/v (613 g/L) for weed control in agricultural crops.
• METOLAFEN S-metolacloro-based herbicide at 46.4% p/v (464 g/L) for pre-emergence weed control.
• MICROFERT Liquid fertilizer containing micronutrients: Sulfur (S) 0.96%, Iron (Fe) 0.005%, Copper (Cu) 0.004%, Manganese (Mn) 0.001%, Zinc (Zn) 0.001% for crop nutrition.
• SILIGRAN Silicon-based adjuvant with SiO2 total 70% p/p, used as dispersant and binder in agricultural formulations.
• Formulation Services Manufacturing process from raw materials of fertilizer products, adjuvants and agricultural defensives with state-of-the-art technology, subject to strict quality controls and under international quality and environmental standards.
• Quality Control Laboratory Services Integral diagnosis of products and raw materials of agricultural defensives through physical-chemical analysis under international quality standards.
• Product Development Services Determination and validation of formulations for agricultural fertilizers, coadjuvants and defensives through trials and research and development.
• Agrochemical Registration Management Studies Studies for registration of agrochemicals including quantification of assets in technical grades and formulated products, physicochemical analysis, toxicology studies, mutagenicity (Ames test), and ecotoxicology studies.
• Fractionation Services Reconditioning of finished products under strict quality parameters, packaged in presentations ready for subsequent commercialization.
• Marketing Channels Services Advice and integral management from the purchase of raw materials at origin to the distribution of finished products at national and international level.
• Producer Advisory Services After-sales service and consultations with specialized technicians for crop diagnosis, use and application of agricultural products, and crop optimization.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 50 species planted in Agrofuturo Forest environmental initiative
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universidad San CarloscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterinstitutional Cooperation Agreement through collaboration in academic activities and research projects. Program Creciendo supports future professionals through internships for university students in agricultural careers.
• Fundación JesuítasminorOthersSupport for the Jesuit Foundation's objective of building a more just and equitable country through education and human promotion.
• Fundación Carlos PusineriminorOthersCollaboration with Carlos Pusineri Foundation for promotion and dissemination of Paraguayan culture and art through preservation of historical objects.
• Radio Solidaridad del Bañado SurminorOthersPartnership supporting community radio station in Bañado Sur area for social responsibility initiatives.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Syngenta: One of the world's largest crop protection and seed companies with deep Latin American operations. Comparable to Agrofuturo as a competing supplier of fungicides, insecticides, and herbicides to crop producers in the same regional markets.
• FMC Corporation: Global agricultural sciences company with major insecticide and herbicide franchises and broad LatAm presence. Comparable to Agrofuturo as a competitor in the same crop protection product categories, though FMC operates at significantly greater scale and R&D intensity.
• Corteva Agriscience: Global agricultural input major with crop protection and seed portfolios sold across Latin America. Comparable to Agrofuturo as a competitor for the same agricultural producer customers across herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides, though at vastly larger scale.
• Bayer Crop Science: Global agricultural giant offering crop protection products (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides) and seeds across Latin America. Comparable to Agrofuturo as a competitor serving the same farmer base across the same product categories, with dramatically larger R&D and commercial resources.

Direct peers

• Nufarm: Australian-headquartered manufacturer of crop protection products (herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, adjuvants) with a meaningful Latin American footprint via its own subsidiaries. Comparable to Agrofuturo in product mix, formulation focus, and multi-country LatAm go-to-market.
• Adama Agricultural Solutions: A leading global manufacturer of generic crop protection products (herbicides, insecticides, fungicides) with significant Latin American presence. Adama is a direct peer as both companies formulate and sell generic agrochemical defensives to crop producers in overlapping LatAm geographies.
• UPL Limited: Indian-headquartered global agrochemical company with strong formulation and distribution in Latin America. UPL is comparable to Agrofuturo as a broad-portfolio generic crop protection manufacturer serving row-crop producers across the region.
• Albaugh: US-based generic crop protection manufacturer focused on off-patent herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides for row-crop markets including Latin America. Directly comparable to Agrofuturo's formulation-and-distribution model in the generic agrochemical segment.
• Sipcam Oxon: Italian agrochemical group with one of the most established direct presences in Latin American crop protection markets, including formulation and distribution of herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. Closely comparable to Agrofuturo as a multi-country LatAm formulator and distributor.

Emerging players

• AMVAC Chemical Corporation: US-based specialty crop protection manufacturer with a focused portfolio of insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides, increasingly active in Latin America. Comparable to Agrofuturo as a smaller, product-focused formulator competing in select crop segments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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