CURIMAPU'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY: 
THREE DECADES, FOUR 
COUNTRIES, ONE STANDARD
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urimapu was founded in 1996 
in the Ñuble region of central 
Chile, built around field crop 
multiplication. It was a clear model, 
and it worked. Which is precisely 
why expanding into vegetable 
seeds, in 2010, was not an obvious 
decision.
Vegetable seed production 
demands a different kind of 
precision: tighter isolation 
requirements, more intensive 
manual labor, stricter quality 
controls at every stage. Moving into 
that space meant rebuilding 
protocols, retraining teams, and 
accepting a learning curve that put 
pressure on an operation that had 
been running smoothly. Today, 
vegetable seeds represent 35% of 
the company's total production 
volume.
The decision to make that move 
defined something about the 
company's character that would 
repeat itself in the decades that 
followed. "From the beginning, we 
understood that this is a business 
built on trust, where quality and 
compliance are non-negotiable," 
says Manuel Larraín Riesco, 
chairman of the board. What he 
might have added is that trust, for 
Curimapu, has never meant 
standing still.
THE FIRST 
DISRUPTION: LEAVING 
THE FAMILIAR
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f the shift into vegetable seeds 
was a strategic stretch, opening 
operations in northern Peru in 2020 
was something closer to a statement 
of intent.
The year needs no introduction. As 
the global seed industry—like every 
other—scrambled to manage supply 
chain disruptions and operational 
uncertainty, Curimapu moved into a 
new country, with new soils, new 
regulations, new labor conditions, and 
new agronomic challenges. The 
northern Peruvian coast offered 
something strategically valuable: 
stable climate conditions year-round, 
ideal for vegetable seed production 
under controlled environments. But 
capturing that advantage required 
building from scratch in the middle of 
a global crisis.
Today, the Peruvian operation 
produces 8 crop varieties and 
support a growing base of 
international clients, functioning as a 
strategic hub within Curimapu's 
regional network and extending its 
counter-season capabilities in ways 
that a single-country operation simply 
cannot guarantee.
PERU, 2020: A BET 
PLACED AT THE WORST 
POSSIBLE TIME
In an industry where reliability is everything, Curimapu has spent thirty 
years earning a reputation for consistency. What is less obvious—and 
perhaps more telling—is how they built it: by never staying still. From 
field crops to vegetable seeds, from central Chile to northern Peru, from 
a regional operation to an international partnership spanning Argentina 
and Spain, the company that turns 30 this year has made a habit of 
moving beyond what it already knows how to do.
@Curimapuseeds
www.curimapu.com

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