Diversification strategies in the pesticide industry: from seeds to biopesticides

  • Pelaez V
  • Mizukawa G
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ABSTRACT: The pesticide industry has undergone a diversification process led by six leading companies (Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow, DuPont, BASF) that control roughly 68% of the world market. This growth, initiated in the second half of the 1990s, occurred through deals and acquisitions of companies from the seed and biopesticide markets. This paper analyzes these diversification strategies, which have involved a capital mobilization process based on the exploitation of economies of scope and management of complementary assets. This aims to minimize the risks of investment in consolidated markets as well as in new ones.RESUMO: A indústria de agrotóxicos tem passado por um processo de diversificação, desencadeado pelas seis empresas líderes (Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow, Dupont, BASF), que detêm cerca de 68% das vendas mundiais de agrotóxicos. Esse crescimento, iniciado na segunda metade do ano de 1990, tem ocorrido por meio de aquisições e acordos que envolvem empresas do ramo de sementes e do segmento de biopesticidas. Este artigo analisa essas estratégias de diversificação nas quais constata-se um processo de mobilização de capitais, baseado na exploração de economias de escopo e na gestão de ativos complementares. Isto permite minimizar o risco de investimentos, tanto em mercados já consolidados quanto em novas áreas de atuação.

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Pelaez, V., & Mizukawa, G. (2017). Diversification strategies in the pesticide industry: from seeds to biopesticides. Ciência Rural, 47(2). https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-8478cr20160007

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