Agrifood Consulting International

Name

Agrifood Consulting International

Legal name

Agrifood Consulting International Inc

Website

https://agrifoodconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Development Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Strategy Advisory (BPAHADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK), Economic Research, Statistics & Policy Advisory (BPADAMAJ)

Keywords

• Agricultural development consulting
• Value chain advisory
• Food safety consulting
• Climate smart agriculture
• Agribusiness advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Laurel

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Advisory Services: Fee-for-service consulting engagements for agricultural development projects, policy advisory, value chain analysis, feasibility studies, and project implementation support. Revenue generated through project-based contracts with development organizations, governments, and private sector clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Agrifood Consulting International (ACI) is a multinational consulting firm that delivers advisory services across three interconnected practice areas: Sustainable and Climate Smart Agriculture, Agribusiness and Value Chains, and Food Safety and Food Security. ACI supports governments, multilateral development banks, bilateral agencies, and private sector clients with policy formulation, feasibility studies, value chain analysis, capacity building, and project implementation support across 26 countries. Services are delivered through project-based consulting engagements on a multi-year contract basis.

Product overview

Agrifood Consulting International (ACI) is a multinational consulting firm that provides advisory services across three interconnected practice areas: Sustainable & Climate Smart Agriculture, Agribusiness & Value Chains, and Food Safety & Food Security. The company's service model is organized around three pillars: Policies (reviewing, evaluating, formulating, and monitoring policies for inclusive development), Practices (formulating and implementing agribusiness development programs through inclusive value chain development), and Solutions (helping clients define and solve problems through dialogue and implementation). ACI operates as a consulting and advisory services firm rather than a software product company, providing services to multilateral agencies, bilateral agencies, private sector companies, and government agencies across 26 countries. Their work encompasses feasibility studies, project management, capacity building, policy formulation, market analysis, and supply chain management advisory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sustainable and Climate Smart Agriculture Advisory Advisory services that promote environment-friendly, climate-smart, and productivity-enhancing agricultural practices, enabling farmers to increase productivity while managing natural resources (soils, water, ecosystems, plant nutrients, and plant protection) in an integrated manner and contributing to rural development and poverty reduction. Targeted at governments, development agencies, and private sector clients.
• Agribusiness and Value Chains Advisory Advisory services for the development of inclusive value chains that integrate smallholder farmers with markets through productive partnerships with agribusiness enterprises. Assists value chain actors including input providers, farmers, processors, logistics operators, packhouses, traders, and exporters to increase profits and value to consumers through innovative, competitive, and sustainable practices. Targeted at agribusiness enterprises, investors, and development agencies.
• Food Safety and Food Security Advisory Advisory services that promote the development of food safety systems ensuring healthy and nutritious food to consumers. Assists farmers and agribusiness to meet the challenges of providing safe food in an increasingly urbanized and globally connected world, addressing food security issues arising from poverty, low technology, market disconnect, weak infrastructure, inappropriate policies, and climate change vulnerability. Targeted at government regulators, agribusinesses, and development agencies.
• Policy Formulation and Evaluation Services Services that review, evaluate, formulate, and monitor policies promoting inclusive development, access to nutritious and safe food, climate resilience, and transformation of agriculture into a value-added economy. Targeted at public sector organizations and government agencies.
• Business Support Services for Supply Chain Management Services that help investors through all project cycle steps, including investment advisory, supply chain management, and feasibility studies for agricultural and agribusiness projects. Targeted at investors, financial organizations, and private sector clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Smallholder farmer income increase documented in HIMALI project in Nepal - 'my family earns good income, higher income if husband stays in Nepal'

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• ANZDEC LtdminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew Zealand-based consulting firm partnered with ACI for Nepal Agricultural Development Strategy study tour to New Zealand, with ANZDEC handling local arrangements and logistics.
• ChemonicsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUS-based international development consulting firm as client/partner for market studies and value chain projects.
• MARS IncorporatedminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal food company partnership for cocoa sector strategic planning in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• TechnoServe: Global non-profit that works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries, with deep expertise in agricultural value chains. Strongly comparable to ACI on agriculture-and-value-chain focus and donor/private-sector client base (including MARS, Cargill).
• ACDI/VOCA: U.S.-based economic development nonprofit that specializes in agribusiness, cooperative development, and food security in emerging markets. Highly comparable to ACI on sector focus (agriculture, value chains) and donor base (USAID, USDA, multilateral agencies).
• Palladium: International development consulting firm delivering advisory, design, and program implementation services across agriculture, food security, climate, and inclusive growth. Direct peer to ACI in donor agency engagement, project mix, and geographic spread.
• Cardno International Development: International development arm of Cardno (now part of Stantec) implementing donor-funded agriculture, water, and natural resource management projects across emerging markets. Comparable to ACI on agricultural development focus and donor-funded project delivery model.
• Chemonics International: U.S.-based international development consulting firm that mobilizes long-term advisory teams for USAID, World Bank, and ADB projects in agriculture, value chains, and economic growth. Listed by ACI itself as a partner/collaborator on market studies and value chain work, making it the closest analogue in both client base and service mix.
• Dalberg Global Development Advisors: Strategy and policy advisory firm dedicated to global development, with practices in agriculture, food security, and inclusive economic growth. Directly comparable to ACI's policy and strategy advisory services to multilaterals, governments, and foundations, though typically more strategy-led and less implementation-heavy.
• DAI: Global development consulting and project implementation firm with a sizable agriculture, climate resilience, and economic growth practice. Closely comparable to ACI in serving the same multilateral/bilateral client base on agricultural development projects.

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Tech: Large global consulting and engineering firm with an International Development Services division active in agriculture, water, and climate adaptation funded by USAID, MCC, and World Bank. Broad incumbent covering adjacent development consulting work with much greater scale than ACI.
• ICF International: Public-sector consulting firm with an extensive international development practice covering agriculture, environment, and climate. Broader and much larger than ACI, but operating against the same donor agencies on overlapping topic areas.

Emerging players

• Banyan Global: Smoke-boutique international development consulting firm focused on gender, agriculture, and economic empowerment, with many projects for USAID and the World Bank. Comparable to ACI as a smaller, mission-driven consultancy competing for similar donor-funded ag/development work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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