ChiaCorp – Corporación Internacional Chía S.A.
Offices and commercial representatives in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Quito (Ecuador) and Montevideo (Uruguay).
30 farms based in different countries whose geographic and weather diversity always insures the availability of the product, minimizing climatic, political and economic risks.
The production is grown on the company´s own farms and through arrangements with private-owned farms always under strict supervision of ChiaCorp engineering staff.
ChiaCorp engineering staff supervised by engineer Ricardo AYERZA (jr), are based in different locations guaranteeing the specific knowledge of each of these sites.
Chiacorp basic activities are divided into 3 large areas
Research and Development
• Improvement of the agricultural production by means of genetics, and farming practices.
• The decision of new uses for the seed and its byproducts.
• Identification of new production areas.
• Preservation of the assorted chosen varieties by Precolumbian natives for the sake of avoiding extinction.Agricultural production
• Planning and control of the whole activities related to preparation of plots, seed-planting, by monitoring the progress during its development and crop.
• Meeting the condition of the harvested seed according to different markets´ requirements.Trade
• Distrubution and maintenance of the seed in strategically controlled cold – storage chambers.
• Customer service and sales management.
• Coordination of business operations with customers.