Cargill

Corporations, investors 'grabbing' land and water overseas
- Mother Nature Network
- 12 February 2013
There is little international policing of land deals resulting in local farmers being forced off lands and deeper into poverty.
Govts must lay foundation for private investment in agriculture
- AllAfrica
- 18 October 2012
Cargill director says its corporate affairs team has constant interaction with African governments, and is encouraging them to change land regulations to facilitate investment.
El monopoly de tierras
- Palabre-ando
- 13 September 2012
Relatos por la Soberanía Alimentaria en Radio Euskadi, 13 de septiembre de 2012
Cargill fund boosts agri firm expansion
- Malaya
- 21 August 2012
Powered by a $34.45-million infusion from a Singapore-based hedge fund owned by Cargill Inc., the expansion and acquisition binge of AgriNurture Inc. has accelerated into a buildup of farm hectarage that will see the company buy up some 1,400 hectares.
Mozambique's agricultural fortunes rest on a choice between Obama and Annan
- The Guardian
- 31 July 2012
The Obama model's first project in Mozambique will be to support Cargill, the giant grain trader and largest private company in the world, to take 40,000 hectares of farmland.
Côte d'Ivoire : Cargill dans l'huile de palme
- Jeune Afrique
- 18 June 2012
Le Français Lionel Soulard, directeur général de Cargill West Africa, basé à Abidjan, a entamé des négociations avec l’Etat ivoirien pour la mise à disposition de 50 000 ha de terres agricoles afin de créer des plantations industrielles de palmiers à huile.
Cargill plans palm-oil plantations in Ivory Coast, ministry says
- Bloomberg
- 06 June 2012
The company may invest as much as 200 billion CFA francs ($380 million) to develop industrial palm-oil plantations and processing facilities in Ivory Coast within five years.
Cameroon says Cargill eyes 50,000-ha oil palm project
- Reuters
- 22 May 2012
U.S agribusiness conglomerate Cargill plans to invest up to US$390 million in a 50,000-hectare oil palm plantation in Cameroon, an official at the Central African nation's investment agency said on state radio.
Cargill envisage de créer 10 000 emplois au Cameroun
- Investir au Cameroun
- 20 May 2012
Le groupe américain mène «une mission de prospection qui vise à implanter en Afrique, notamment au Cameroun, au Liberia et en Côte d’Ivoire, une vaste plantation de palmier à huile.» On parle de 50000 ha.
Corporate investors send Australia’s land prices up 
- Western Producer
- 23 Mar 2012
Corporate control of Australia’s farmland is beginning to ruffle feathers among some of the country’s primary producers. 
Cargill arm puts $40m into farming
- Australian Financial Review
- 13 February 2012
A hedge fund run by an arm of the world's largest agriculture company, Cargill, has injected almost $40 million into a local company which buys Australian rural property.
¿Un país en venta?
- Diario del Huila
- 27 January 2012
Una noticia de la semana pasada daba cuenta de la inversión creciente de grandes multinacionales en compra de tierras en Colombia. Específicamente señalaba la compra de 90.000 hectáreas por la empresa norteamericana Cargill, la mayor comercializadora del mundo de materias primas agrícolas.

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