AGRICOLA FAMOSA : A PRODUCE POWERHOUSE

 



Agrícola Famosa, a leading Brazilian fruit producer, has a multi-tiered ownership and partnership structure:



1. Founder and CEO: The company was founded by and is still led by Carlo Porro.  



2. Key Individual Owner: Luiz Roberto Barcelos is also cited as an owner of Agrícola Famosa and serves as the Director of Abrafrutas (the Brazilian Association of Fruit and Derivatives Producers and Exporters). 


 

3. Majority Stake/Partnership: Agrícola Famosa is part of the Citri&Co family (a global fruit specialist group based in Spain).  



• This "alliance" was formed in 2021, and Citri&Co is understood to have taken a significant stake in Agrícola Famosa.  



• Citri&Co is, in turn, a portfolio company of the Spanish investment firm Miura Private Equity.  



In summary, while the company retains its original founders and management (Carlo Porro and Luiz Roberto Barcelos), it is now strategically backed by and aligned with the larger European fruit group Citri&Co (and its sponsor, Miura Private Equity).  



While Agrícola Famosa is a major producer of various fruits, the available sources focus almost entirely on their vast melon and watermelon operations, and a specific number of hectares dedicated to mangoes is not explicitly published in their general company data.

Here is what is known:



• Total Land Area: Agrícola Famosa controls approximately 30,000 hectares of land in Brazil's Northeast region.  



• Cultivated Area: About 9,000 to 10,000 hectares of this land are actively cultivated annually.



• Primary Crops: The vast majority of this cultivated land is dedicated to melons and watermelons, making them the largest producer of these crops in Brazil.  







• Mango Production: Mangoes are listed as one of the crops they produce in addition to their core products, but the exact acreage is not specified in the same way as the area for melons and watermelons.



In short, they are known to grow mangoes, but the exact size of their mango operation in hectares is not publicly detailed in the company's high-level figures.


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