Agriculture

Helping agriculture and food organizations navigate disruptive trends and technologies to build a more productive, sustainable, and resilient global food system.

We accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth and deliver transformational impact for food and agriculture organizations by driving efficiencies and increasing organizational effectiveness. Our proprietary tools, digital and AI capabilities, and global experience underpin the value we help clients create across the food system.

How we help clients

Agriculture Development & Food Security

We help improve agri-food systems around the world by applying innovative thinking, multidisciplinary expertise, a nuanced understanding of the private sector, and world-class analytics.

Digital

We combine deep agricultural expertise with the capabilities of thousands of developers, engineers, data architects, and scientists to unlock value by reinventing commercial models, reducing supply chain costs, and embedding digital technologies into planning and operations.

Investment

We combine leading-edge investor insights honed by our private equity experts with agriculture-market analysis and proprietary tools to support investors and agriculture players across the full investment cycle—from capital allocation to R&D and M&A.

Marketing & Sales

We help clients achieve commercial excellence through sharper go-to-market strategies, pricing optimization, and sales execution across fresh and packaged foods, inputs, and agricultural services.

Operations

We help clients improve efficiency and innovate to produce higher-quality products more competitively by supporting end-to-end performance improvements in processing, logistics, and on-farm operations.

Organization

We help companies achieve the transformational change needed to get ahead of shifting global consumer demand, evolving agricultural trends, and digital disruption.

Strategy

We help agriculture organizations navigate uncertainty driven by evolving commodity markets, climate change, and the rise of digitization as a disruptive force.

Transformation

We work with clients to create lasting change by combining proprietary tools and techniques with deep industry knowledge to help leaders orchestrate complex transformations.

McKinsey Global Farmer Insights

Discover how farmers worldwide are reshaping the future of agriculture. Our biennial report series explores how producers of all sizes and crop types are adapting their practices, navigating shifting market and climate pressures, and responding to new technologies, including gen AI. First fielded in 2020, the upcoming 2026 survey captures responses from nearly 5,500 farmers across ten countries. It remains one of the few global studies that examine farmers' perspectives on agricultural issues over multiple years.

Read the 2024 report here

Featured capabilities

ACRE

ACRE combines proprietary market outlooks, pricing data, and expert insight to help food companies, governments, investors, and agribusinesses make better pricing, crop-selection, and sales-and-marketing decisions.

McKinsey Center for Agricultural Transformation

The McKinsey Center for Agricultural Transformation helps reduce poverty, build climate resilience, create jobs, improve nutrition, and foster economic growth through successful agricultural transformations.

Natural Capital and Nature

We support clients in their transition to a net-zero and nature-positive economy. Our work includes strategies to protect and restore natural capital, reduce emissions, and embed considerations into decision-making across the agriculture and food value chain.

What we do

Identifying investment opportunities

We bring a unique perspective on value-creation pools and investment opportunities in food and agriculture to private equity groups, financial investors, and companies planning for strategic growth.

Improving raw materials management

We help consumer packaged goods and processing companies improve performance in raw agricultural materials procurement and risk management.

Enhancing farm operations

We help farm operators and land-holding management companies improve operational performance and resilience.

Advancing fresh food supply chain management

We take an end-to-end view of the supply chain to help clients reduce shrinkage and optimize the quality and cost of their fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats.

Driving rural development

We support national governments and development partners in emerging economies build their agriculture sectors, working with donor agencies and foundations that support rural agriculture.