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Cargill fund ups BFB stake

06 May 2013 | Financial Review
Black River Asset Management, a hedge fund run by an arm of the world's largest agriculture company, Cargill, has increased its stake in the unlisted agricultural company BFB Group

Cargill expanding palm-oil plantations in Indonesia

22 Mar 2013 | WSJ
“We are aggressively looking for new areas in Sulawesi, Central Kalimantan and South Sumatra that are environmentally safe to expand our oil-palm footprint,” says president-director of the company’s oil-palm plantations in Sumatra.

Cargill says land grabs are ‘bad idea,’ reduce market liquidity

19 Mar 2013 | Bloomberg
Land grabs are a “bad idea” because they reduce trade volume in agricultural commodity markets, said Ruth Rawling, Cargill Inc.’s vice-president of corporate affairs for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Le G8 et l’accaparement des terres en Afrique

13 Mar 2013 |
Les États du G8 sont en train de mettre en place une Nouvelle alliance pour la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition dans six pays africains. Cette Alliance devrait faciliter l’ouverture qui va permettre à l’agrobusiness étranger d’arracher aux paysans africains le contrôle de leur agriculture.

Le G8 et l’accaparement des terres en Afrique

Corporations, investors 'grabbing' land and water overseas

12 Feb 2013 | Mother Nature Network
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

18 Oct 2012 | AllAfrica
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

13 Sep 2012 | Palabre_ando
Relatos por la Soberanía Alimentaria en Radio Euskadi, 13 de septiembre de 2012

Cargill fund boosts agri firm expansion

21 Aug 2012 | Malaya
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

31 Jul 2012 | The Guardian
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

18 Jun 2012 | Jeune Afrique
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

06 Jun 2012 | Bloomberg
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

22 May 2012 | Reuters
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

20 May 2012 | Investir au Cameroun
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 

23 Mar 2012 | Western Producer
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

13 Feb 2012 | Australian Financial Review
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.