Cargill

Child labor, land grabbing and deforestation rampant across palm oil giant KLK’s operations
- RAN
- 02 April 2014
Four case studies document widespread abuses by Cargill palm oil supplier Kuala Lumpur Kepong
Côte d’Ivoire: 24 million hectares made available to private investors
- Jeune Afrique
- 17 February 2014
To make up for a shortfall in financing of the agriculture sector, 24 million ha have been made available to private investors.
Côte d'Ivoire : 24 millions d'hectares mis à la disposition des investisseurs agricoles privés
- Jeune Afrique
- 17 February 2014
Pour rattraper le retard en matière de financement du secteur, 24 millions d'hectares ont été mis à disposition d'investisseurs privés. Riz, café, hévéa, ils peuvent tout produire !
Cargill acquires stake in Ukraine's UkrLandFarming
- Kyiv Post
- 13 January 2014
Cargill has doled out $200 million for a stake in UkrLandFarming, Ukraine’s largest agribusiness holding, in a potentially far-reaching deal that sources said would see both groups partner up in future grain exports to China and other growing markets.
Cargill investit dans les "terres noires" de l'Ukraine en achetant 5% d'ULF
- AFP
- 13 January 2014
Le géant américain du négoce agricole Cargill a acquis 5% du premier producteur agricole ukrainien, Ukrlandfarming, comptant accroître les exportations vers la Chine de céréales de cette ex-république soviétique aux "terres noires" très fertiles.
Colombian rebels seen blocking farmland overhaul
- Bloomberg
- 11 December 2013
Bloomberg reports that a Colombian government plan to help Cargill and other investors acquire farmland was possibly killed by the FARC, meeting with officials for peace talks 1,400 miles away in Havana.
Colombian farmers risk death to reclaim lost land
- Guardian
- 17 October 2013
The government wants to correct decades of 'land reform in reverse'. But powerful criminal, armed and business interests are ranged against the country's displaced peasants.
Accaparement de terres : En Colombie, Oxfam met en cause Cargill
- La France Agricole
- 30 September 2013
La multinationale américaine de produits agricoles Cargill aurait acquis illégalement plus de 50.000 hectares de terres destinées à de petits paysans en Colombie, a accusé vendredi l'ONG Oxfam à Bogota.
Colombia: Divide y comprarás
- ALAI
- 30 September 2013
Una nueva forma de concentrar tierras baldías en Colombia. Cargill adquirió 52.576 hectáreas en la Altillanura a través de 36 sociedades creadas con ese fin.
Denuncian en Colombia acaparamiento de tierras por multinacional Cargill
- Terra
- 27 September 2013
La multinacional de productos agrícolas Cargill habría adquirido de manera irregular más de 50.000 hectáreas de tierras destinadas a pequeños y medianos campesinos en Colombia, denunció la ONG Oxfam.
Entrevista con el presidente de Cargill: "Las tierras eran sólo una parte de la inversión"
- El Espectador
- 22 September 2013
En la otra orilla, los congresistas Jorge Robledo y Wilson Arias han insistido en que el Congreso no puede aprobar “leyes calculadas para ocultar y premiar las ilegalidades con las que se está despojando de sus tierras al campesinado”.
Colombia: Victims face reprisals for reclaiming land
- HRW
- 17 September 2013
Internally displaced Colombians face killings and widespread death threats for attempting to reclaim their land, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.