Institute for Sustainable Agricultural and Forestry Development of the State of Amazonas

What Institute for Sustainable Agricultural and Forestry Development of the State of Amazonas does

The Instituto de Desenvolvimento Agropecuário e Florestal Sustentável do Estado do Amazonas (IDAM — Institute for Sustainable Agricultural and Forestry Development of the State of Amazonas) is a Brazilian state government agency, founded in 1996 and headquartered in Manaus at Avenida Carlos Drummond de Andrade, 1460. As a vinculada entity of the Government of the State of Amazonas, it provides technical assistance, rural extension, and support programs for sustainable agricultural and forestry production, primarily serving family farmers and rural producers across the state through a central directorate (Diretoria-Presidência) and a network of Unidades Locais (local units) in municipalities throughout Amazonas. Its services are delivered free of charge and include production systems guidance, agroindustry support, farmer training, rural credit facilitation, environmental registration through the Cadastro Ambiental Rural (CAR), agricultural defense support, marketing assistance, geoprocessing services, and agronomic prescriptions.

The agency's underlying technology stack is built on government information systems and geoprocessing (GIS) capabilities used for agricultural planning, land management, and environmental compliance monitoring. Its service architecture also includes digital registries such as the Cadastro Nacional da Agricultura Familiar (CAF), the Cartão do Produtor Primário, and integrated digital library resources linked to Embrapa, Senar, Ceplac, and BDP@. IDAM maintains no commercial technology products, no SaaS offerings, no APIs, and no disclosed AI/ML components. Its GTM is sales-led and direct: a central presidency with field operations, conducted entirely within a single domestic market (the State of Amazonas, Brazil) with no global footprint.

IDAM's business model is non-commercial. The institute is funded exclusively through state budget allocations from the Government of the State of Amazonas; it has no revenue model in the conventional sense, no pricing structure, and no listed funding rounds. Operational delivery is enabled through a network of technical cooperation agreements with federal entities (CONAB, CEPLAC), state agencies (SEMAX/IPAAM, AFEAM, BASA), and academic partners (FUA/UFAM), giving it institutional breadth without commercial monetization. Leadership comprises a Diretora-Presidente (Eliane Ferreira da Silva) and three directors covering technical assistance and rural extension (DITER), administrative-financial affairs (DAF), and institutional planning (DIPLAN).

Name

Institute for Sustainable Agricultural and Forestry Development of the State of Amazonas

Legal name

Instituto de Desenvolvimento Agropecuário e Florestal Sustentável do Estado do Amazonas

Website

https://idam.am.gov.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

IDAM is a state government agency of Amazonas, Brazil that delivers technical assistance, rural extension, environmental registration (CAR), and rural credit facilitation to family farmers and rural producers statewide through a network of Unidades Locais.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Extension Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Decision Support & Agronomic Modeling (Yield, Irrigation, Pest/Disease Forecasting) (AFAAAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Farm Finance, Input Procurement & Risk Tools (Budgeting, Inventory, Insurance Links) (AFAAAFAO), Farm Management & Decision Support Software (FMIS, ERP, Recordkeeping) (AFAGALAA)

Keywords

• Agricultural extension services
• Rural technical assistance
• Forestry development
• Environmental rural registry
• Rural credit facilitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Manaus

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Public government agency funded through state budget allocations from the Government of the State of Amazonas. No commercial revenue generation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

IDAM is a state government agency that delivers free technical assistance and rural extension (ATER) services to family farmers and rural producers across Amazonas. It also facilitates access to rural credit, processes the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR), issues the Primary Producer Card, supports agroindustry development, provides agronomic prescriptions, conducts geoprocessing analyses, and delivers training programs to strengthen family agriculture and sustainable forestry in the state.

Product overview

IDAM (Instituto de Desenvolvimento Agropecuário e Florestal Sustentável do Estado do Amazonas) is a government agricultural development agency that provides technical assistance and rural extension services to farmers in the State of Amazonas, Brazil. The organization offers agricultural support services including production systems guidance, agroindustry support, farmer training, rural credit assistance, environmental registry services (CAR), agricultural defense support, marketing assistance, geoprocessing services, and agronomic prescription services. The agency operates through local units across Amazonas state and maintains partnerships with agricultural research institutions and libraries. No commercial technology products or SaaS offerings are identified.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (ATER) Free technical assistance and rural extension services delivered to family farmers, riverside communities, and indigenous producers across Amazonas, covering agricultural production practices, sustainable forestry, and rural development.
• Production Systems Support (Sistemas de Produção) Technical support to family farmers for designing, implementing, and improving agricultural production systems adapted to the Amazonian context.
• Agroindustry Development Support (Agroindústria) Advisory and technical support to rural producers and cooperatives for the development, structuring, and regularization of small-scale agroindustries.
• Training and Capacity Building (Capacitação) Training programs and courses delivered to farmers, technicians, and rural stakeholders to strengthen technical capacity in agriculture, livestock, forestry, and agroindustry.
• Rural Credit Facilitation (Crédito Rural) Support to rural producers in accessing rural credit lines, including project preparation, documentation, and liaison with financial institutions.
• Primary Producer Card (Cartão do Produtor Primário) Issuance of the Primary Producer Card to eligible rural producers, granting access to fiscal and commercial benefits for primary agricultural production.
• Rural Environmental Registry - CAR (Cadastro Ambiental Rural) Processing and support for the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) for rural properties in Amazonas, supporting compliance with Brazil's environmental legislation.
• Marketing Support (Apoio à Comercialização) Technical and logistical support to family farmers and cooperatives for the commercialization of agricultural and forestry products, including access to public procurement programs.
• Agricultural Defense Support (Apoio à Defesa Agropecuária) Field-level support to agricultural defense programs, including pest surveillance, animal health, and phytosanitary assistance in coordination with state and federal authorities.
• Development Support (Apoio ao Fomento) Technical and operational support for rural development and production incentive programs delivered by IDAM in partnership with state and federal bodies.
• National Family Agriculture Registry - CAF (Cadastro Nacional da Agricultura Familiar) Processing and management of the National Family Agriculture Registry (CAF) for family farmers in Amazonas, the federal instrument replacing the older DAP for access to family-agriculture policies.
• Geoprocessing Services (Geoprocessamento) Geoprocessing and territorial analysis services supporting rural properties, environmental registry, and land-use planning for agricultural and forestry programs in Amazonas.
• Agronomic Prescription (Receituário Agronômico)

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SEMAX/IPAAMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Termo de Cooperação Técnica signed in 2025 with 1st Aditivo and Plano de Trabalho. IPAAM is the Environment Institute of Amazonas.
• BASA (Banco da Amazônia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Acordo de Cooperação Técnica with Banco da Amazônia for rural credit and agricultural development support.
• FUA (Universidade Federal do Amazonas)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Technical cooperation agreement with Federal University of Amazonas for research and development in agriculture.
• AFEAMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Technical cooperation agreement with AFEAM (Agência de Fomento do Estado do Amazonas) for rural credit facilitation.
• CEPLACminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Technical cooperation with CEPLAC (Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira) for cocoa and agricultural development.
• CONABminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Termo de Cooperação Técnica with CONAB (Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento) for agricultural supply and market support.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• EMBRAPA: Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária — the federal agricultural research corporation that provides the scientific backbone for Brazilian agriculture. Operates broadly across all states including Amazonas (with Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental based in Manaus), overlapping with IDAM on agronomic research, technology transfer, and tropical agriculture expertise at a federal scale.
• CONAB: Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento — federal supply and food security agency. Listed in IDAM's own partnership data (2020 technical cooperation), CONAB overlaps with IDAM in commercialization support, agricultural supply programs, and family farmer market access, but operates at national rather than state level.

Direct peers

• CATI: Coordenadoria de Assistência Técnica Integral of São Paulo — São Paulo state's agricultural technical assistance coordination body. Directly comparable to IDAM in delivering ATER services, rural credit support, and farmer training programs to family producers within a single state jurisdiction.
• EMATER-MG: Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural do Estado de Minas Gerais — the state-level agricultural extension agency for Minas Gerais, performing an essentially identical ATER mandate to IDAM but in a different Brazilian state. Most directly comparable in mission, service portfolio (technical assistance, rural credit facilitation, environmental registry), and target customer base (family farmers).
• EMPAER-MT: Empresa Mato-grossense de Pesquisa, Assistência e Extensão Rural — Mato Grosso's state agricultural research and extension body. Comparable to IDAM in combining extension with applied research, and in serving family farmers and rural producers in a Brazilian agricultural frontier state with significant deforestation/sustainability dynamics.
• EMATER-RO: Entidade Autárquica de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural do Estado de Rondônia — Rondônia's state ATER entity. Particularly comparable to IDAM because Rondônia is an Amazon-bordered state with similar tropical agriculture, family farmer base, forestry producer segment, and rural credit facilitation role.
• EPAGRI: Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensão Rural de Santa Catarina — combines agricultural research with rural extension, paralleling IDAM's integration of technical assistance and applied agronomic work. Closely comparable institutional model as a state-level entity serving family farmers, with similar CAR-like and rural development functions.
• AFEAM: Agência de Fomento do Estado do Amazonas — Amazonas's state development agency, partnered with IDAM (2021) for rural credit facilitation. Comparable in being a state-level development instrument focused on Amazonas, with overlapping rural credit and family farmer support mission.

Others

• SEMAGRI / Secretarias Estaduais de Agricultura: State agricultural secretariats across Brazilian states (e.g., Secretaria de Estado da Produção Rural do Amazonas / SEPROR) — the policy and budget authorities under which ATER agencies like IDAM operate. Functionally adjacent as oversight bodies that determine the funding and strategic priorities flowing to state extension agencies.

Regional players

• Banco da Amazônia (BASA): Federal regional development bank for the Amazon region. Listed as IDAM's 2024 cooperation partner, BASA channels rural credit to family farmers across Amazonian states. Comparable as a regional financial institution serving the same agricultural producer base in Amazonas and adjacent states.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCJpN0DbWm7RbTKbZwqccIzg
• Facebookfacebook.com/IDAM.ater
• Instagraminstagram.com/idam_govam
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/idam-ater

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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