CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY
Yara International
Company Profile
Founded in 1905, Yara International Group (Yara) is a large multinational company specializing in the production, development, and sale of fertilizers and environmental protection products. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Yara operates in over 60 countries with approximately 17,000 employees, making it the world’s largest producer and supplier of mineral fertilizers.
Challenges Faced
China, being one of the largest agricultural countries in terms of fertilizer usage, accounts for a total amount equivalent to that of all other Asian countries combined. Yara has been present in China for over a century, establishing its first branch in 1972. Key markets include Guangdong, Hainan, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guangxi, where Yara is a trusted brand among farmers. Like many traditional companies, Yara’s business systems and databases run on physical data centers. A primary concern for the company is ensuring the integrity of core data after migrating to the cloud. Additionally, some systems have been in service for over ten years, raising questions about their stability post-migration. As a publicly listed foreign enterprise, Yara also has high expectations for flexibility, convenience, and cost-effectiveness from cloud service providers.
Solution Architecture Diagram

Why Choose Alibaba Cloud
Yara’s overseas operations utilized foreign cloud services, which could not meet local business needs in China. Alibaba Cloud, as a leading public cloud platform in China, offered a secure and stable IT infrastructure for Yara’s dealer store management platform. The platform provides a comprehensive range of products covering the entire IT lifecycle, along with simple and flexible pricing options. After comparing the testing outcomes of different business systems, Yara decided to collaborate with Alibaba Cloud, primarily using Elastic Compute Service (ECS), Object Storage Service (OSS), Cloud Database (RDS), Redis, Web Application Firewall, Load Balancer (SLB), and domestic SMS packages.