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“There is a new revolution

taking place in the field”

Interview with Aurélio Pavinato, CEO of SLC Agrícola

Founded in 1977 as one cotton, 88,918 ha of corn and for the production of large-
of the first in the agricultural 1,912 ha in other crops. scale crops.
sector to have shares traded SLC Agrícola is one of the CEO of SLC since 2012,
on the Stock Exchange in few Brazilian companies that Aurélio Pavinato has a degree
the world, SLC Agrícola is a use the joint venture strategy, a in Agronomy from the Federal
reference and one of the largest strategy based on an economic University of Santa Maria and
world producers of grains and association between two (or master’s degree in Soil Sciences
fibers, its focus being soy, corn more) companies in order to from the Federal University of
and cotton. gather its resources to perform Rio Grande do Sul.
In addition to pioneering a specific task. In this case, Pavinato talked to
the development of agriculture strategic alliances are formed AgriBrasilis about being part
in the Brazilian Cerrado region, of the Brazilian agribusiness
the group has a history in giants, the performance of the
agribusiness which resulted in company that is a leader in
the largest machinery factory commodities.
in Latin America, a business What are the advantages and
that was sold to the American disadvantages of producing
John Deere in 1999. in Brazil? What aspects could
The company has 16 be improved?
production units in six The Brazilian agricultural
Brazilian states. Intentional sector has grown rapidly
geographic diversification in recent decades, mainly
minimizes potential regional through increased yield,
climate risks and the incidence but also through expansion
of pests and diseases. and consolidation of new
The total area of the units agricultural frontiers.
has 457,500 ha, with 234,149 Brazil has vast tracts
ha of soybeans, 123,721 ha of of arable land, with flat
Aurélio Pavinato, CEO of SLC Agrícola
SLC Agrícola 首席执行官, Aurélio Pavinato
“这个领域正在发生一场新的革命”

SLC Agrícola首席执行官 Aurélio Pavinato访谈

SLC Agrícola 成立于 1977 司（John Deere）。 SLC Agrícola 是为数不多
年，是世界上首批在证券交易 SLC Agrícola公司在巴西的 的使用合资经营战略的巴西公
所上市的农业企业之一，是全 六个州拥有16个生产单位。特 司之一，该战略基于两个（或
球最大的谷物和纤维生产商之 别的地理环境多样化将潜在的 多个）公司之间的合作关系，
一，其业务主要涉及大豆、玉 区域气候风险和病虫害的发病 以便统筹其资源来开展特定项
米和棉花。 率降至最低。 目。在本文的案例中，战略联
除了在西拉朵（Cerrado） 1 6 个生产单位总面积 盟的建立则是为了大规模作物
地区开拓农垦外，该集团在 达 4 5 .7 5 万公顷，其中大 的生产。
农业产业化业务方面有着悠久 豆 23. 4149 万公顷，棉花 自 2012 年起担任SLC 的
的历史，并最终建立了拉丁美 12.3721万公顷，玉米8.8918 首席执行官。他拥有圣玛丽亚
洲最大的机械工厂，该业务于 万公顷，其他作物 19 1 2 公 联邦大学（UFSM） 的农学学
1999 年被出售给美国迪尔公 顷。 位和南里奥格兰德州联邦大学