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06 May 2013Financial Review
Cargill fund ups BFB stake
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
22 Mar 2013WSJ
Cargill expanding palm-oil plantations in Indonesia
“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.
19 Mar 2013Bloomberg
Cargill says land grabs are ‘bad idea,’ reduce market liquidity
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.
12 Feb 2013Mother Nature Network
Corporations, investors 'grabbing' land and water overseas
There is little international policing of land deals resulting in local farmers being forced off lands and deeper into poverty.
18 Oct 2012AllAfrica
Govts must lay foundation for private investment in agriculture
Cargill director says its corporate affairs team has constant interaction with African governments, and is encouraging them to change land regulations to facilitate investment.
13 Sep 2012Palabre_ando
El monopoly de tierras
Relatos por la Soberanía Alimentaria en Radio Euskadi, 13 de septiembre de 2012
21 Aug 2012Malaya
Cargill fund boosts agri firm expansion
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.
31 Jul 2012The Guardian
Mozambique's agricultural fortunes rest on a choice between Obama and Annan
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.
18 Jun 2012Jeune Afrique
Côte d'Ivoire : Cargill dans l'huile de palme
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.
06 Jun 2012Bloomberg
Cargill plans palm-oil plantations in Ivory Coast, ministry says
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.
22 May 2012Reuters
Cameroon says Cargill eyes 50,000-ha oil palm project
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.
20 May 2012Investir au Cameroun
Cargill envisage de créer 10 000 emplois 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.
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