b'C O N T I N U E D - S C S A F O O D S U P P O R T - A G R O C H E M I C A LStante believes that theexcellent performance results ofSummit Agro Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile and Argentina show just howtheir hard work and determinationhave paid off. The companys newpresence in Paraguay also showsa bright future as indicated byinitial sales and themarket forecast.insecticides, and fungicides increase. Summit Agro Southconstantly launching new technologies. Iharabras has a America celebrated the recent addition of Summit Agromodern production facility where they synthetize, formu-Paraguay to its South American sales contingent.late and manipulate their products. In early 2021, Ihara be-You can see that we faced challenges involving unavoidablegan the operation of two new research and development problems like the pandemic, supply, unstable economic situ- centers, one in Sarandi (PR) and the other in Primavera ation in Argentina, as well as drought, noted Daniel Stante,do Leste (MT), to research and develop solutions that will President of Summit Agro South America, but Summitmeet the needs of farmers in the field in all regions of the Agro South America is doing very well, already surpassingcountry. The company already has a research and develop-our original sales targets to achieve our yearly budget. If ev- ment center at its headquarters in Sorocaba (SP), which erything continues to going well, we will be reporting veryhas a fully irrigated experimental station 65 new products positive results at the closing of our fiscal year. for more than 30 different cultures during the 2020/21 harvest.Stante believes that the excellent performance results Jos Gonalves, Director of Ihara, stated that the company of Summit Agro Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile and constantly invests in technologies to develop new solutions Argentina show just how their hard work and determina- and increase knowledge about existing products, with the tion have paid off.The companys new presence in aim of meeting the needs of rural producers in the fight Paraguay also shows a bright future as indicated by initialagainst the main factors negatively affecting their crops. sales and the market forecast Summit Agro Chile made significant progress in AgTech,These new R&D centers will offer greater capacity for Stante added, with the sales of drones for agricultural pur- all our studies. Our country has a huge crop production poses and a new biological product portfolio successfullypotential, but it also has a range of pests, diseases and weeds introduced in the region. hindering the rise in productivity. To combat them, we need to offer increasingly effective solutions according to With decades of agrochemical experience in Brazileach region, he said.combined with its solid structure, Iharabras S.A. IndstriasSummit Agro South America, Agro Amazni, and Ihara Qumicas, also known as Ihara, remains focused on theall fufill Sumitomo Corporations crop protection business demand and needs of Brazilian farmers. Sumitomo Cor- aspirations, as SC got its start in crop protection export poration has served as a major partner for Iharabras, locatedtrading activities with Japanese manufacturers in the 1970s, at Sorocaba/SP and operating in the Brazilian market sinceand it has helped improve the productivity and efficiency 1965. Their extensive product portfolio contains Fungicides,of agriculture in numerous countries, not just in South Herbicides, Insecticides, Miticides, Biological Products andAmerica, but all over the world. Its current strategy is Growth Regulators which enable the farmers to maintainto become more deeply involved in the downstream outstanding control over the major pests and diseases; thesesectors of value chains, and it is engaged in distribution in products are available for key crops cultivated in Brazil. more than 30 countries. Sumitomo Corporation looks As a Japanese capital company acting in Brazil, Ihara offersto expand its business scope and earnings by, for instance, technological innovations such as proprietary moleculesacquiring agricultural material retailers in Brazil, Romania owned by its Japanese shareholders and partners that areand Ukraine.18 visions Winter 2022'