Cargill Archive

• 026 February 2010

  Kulim buys PNG oil palm estates for US$175m

  Plantation company Kulim Bhd is paying US$175 million to buy some 25,000ha of oil palm estates in Papua New Guinea from the world's largest agribusiness company, Cargill Inc, and Singapore government investment arm Temasek Holdings.
• 024 February 2010

  Cargill leaves a palm oil mess in Papua New Guinea

  Cargill Inc., the world’s largest agribusiness company, has announced the sale of their palm oil plantations in the remote tropical nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG)
• 010 November 2009

  Cargill warns on self-sufficiency

  Paul Conway, senior vice-president at Cargill, calls food self-sufficiency "a nonsense" and warns that overseas food production through land grabs will likely run into export bans by host countries
• 025 September 2009

  Palm oil developers in Papua New Guinea accused of deception in dealing with communities

  While Cargill says it is committed to sustainable and responsible palm oil production across its three plantations in PNG, the firm has been targeted by local and international NGOs, which claim it has polluted rivers and deceived local communities into signing agreements they do not understand.
• 03 September 2009

  Ethiopia. Now is harvest time

  In June 2009, the Indian company Karuturi took up intensive farming in Ethiopia. The harvest will be exported to Asia and Europe.
• 03 September 2009

  Ethiopie. L’heure de la moisson a sonné

  Indiens et Saoudiens sont sur le point d’effectuer leur première récolte sur sol éthiopien. Le pays a prévu de céder 2,7 millions d’hectares aux étrangers.
• 021 July 2008

  Sociétés russes et étrangères investissent activement dans les terres agricoles en Russie

  Les compagnies étrangères cotées dans les bourses européennes achètent activement des terres agricoles en Russie