About Cargill

Community Engagement

Cargill invests in local communities through economic development, partnerships and giving combined with the volunteer efforts of our employees. Cargill provides corporate support to select national and global nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that serve communities in which we have a business presence. We support partners working within our focus areas of food security, nutrition, and sustainability. And, our businesses and facilities sponsor employee-led groups, called Cargill Cares Councils, which support civic and non-profit organizations in their local communities.

Cargill Cares Councils seek to recognize issues important to our communities; build effective relationships with community leaders; and work to help improve living standards and promote vibrant, stable communities.

Food Security and Nutrition

Fortifying edible oil: Food fortification is one of the most effective ways to deliver micronutrient to large population groups. Edible oils are consumed by 99% of households nationwide, and we fortify all of our refined edible oils produced in India with the essential vitamins A and D. These micro-nutrients are required for proper growth, development and health. All fortification cost are absorbed by us and not passed on to consumers. We reach out to 100 million people with our fortified oils.
Fighting malnutrition through capacity building: Cargill and CARE are committed to fight malnutrition amongst children and women of Madhya Pradesh through Madhya Pradesh Nutrition Program. The project has reached out to one million people, significantly improving nutrition for child and lactating women through capacity building initiatives, creation of communication materials and strengthening governance structure in the three most backward districts of the state.
Nutrition support to children in Rajahmundry and children in residential care in Bangalore: Cargill India with Charities Aid Foundation is providing supplementary nutrition and safe drinking water to 253 children studying at Mangal Praja Parishath Upper Primary School of Mukunda Puramwas in Rajahmundry near our aqua feed mill. Our partnership with United Way of Bengaluru is also providing nutrition and education support to 65 orphan & vulnerable children in residential care in Bangalore.

Sustainability

Promoting planet friendly practices and improving livelihoods of smallholder farming household in Davangere region of Karnataka: Cargill India in partnership with TechnoServe is engaged in promoting local economic development with the farming community near Cargill’s wet corn milling plant in Davangere district in Karnataka. The program is creating access to climate smart agricultural practices and working towards advancing economic development for 5000 farming household. It is also agri-based livelihoods opportunities for youth, strengthening the agriculture ecosystem by providing agricultural extension support and training and supporting 2500 women on homestead organic kitchen gardens and financial literacy.
Advancing economic status of women small holder farmers through Pathways Agri-Extension program in Odisha: Cargill India in partnership with CARE is promoting productivity, equity, and empowerment for 12,000 women small-holder farmers from Scheduled Tribe and Caste families and develop an agri-extension model directed at remote and resource-poor women that provides need-based comprehensive services to help them in their farming practices with Scheduled Tribe and Caste families (ST, SC) in the districts of Kalahandi, Kandhamal and Kendrapada in the eastern state of Odisha. The project will also positively impact wellbeing of 48,000 members in the families of these farmers. We have committed $0.8 million for this project for duration of 4 years.
Meeting the shortage of drinking water through creation of rooftop rainwater harvesting in villages of Maharashtra: Cargill India in partnership with United Way of Bangalore is improving ground water depletion and meeting drinking water shortage by spreading awareness and collectivizing families to harvest rain water on the roof of their buildings.

Enriching Communities

Creating access to quality education in Gurgaon and Andhra Pradesh

Pragati Vatika School: Rapid urbanization has turned Gurgaon into a “Millennium City” but only for the affluent. Migrant laborers, construction workers and the housekeeping staff who have no facilities support this rapid growth silently. Pragati Vatika School provides for fulfilling the learning dreams of the children of this lesser-privileged community. We support the Pragati Vatika School in Gurgaon by taking care of all their yearly operational expenses (education, nutrition, staff etc.). The school caters to the educational, nutritional and overall developmental needs of children of daily wage laborers.
Agrasar Bachpan Learning Centre: We partnered with Agrasar, a non-profit organization working in the field of human capital development and social security of the disadvantaged communities in India, and launched a program to provide structured learning to underprivileged children aged 4-14 in a Gurgaon village that is home to more than 20,000 migrant workers. Sixty children are being enrolled in the first three months at the Agrasar Bachpan learning centre. The program is designed to follow a ‘child-centric approach,’ going beyond academic learning to nurture the all-round development and growth of underprivileged children.
Rural Development Foundation: Every child has the right to education and everyone has the duty to give back to the society. In this background, we partner with Rural Development Foundation (RDF), an NGO that runs five schools and one junior college in the rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, in their mission to make education available for rural underprivileged girls and boys, by supporting children with educational expenses of the students.

Addressing basic needs and integrated community development initiatives in the country

Project Sahyog: Cargill India has partnered with United Way Mumbai and implemented a comprehensive village development through specific focus on health, education, women empowerment and skill training in Kurkumbh Village of Daund Block of Pune District.
Addressing Basic Needs in Doddaballapur Taluk, Karnataka: Cargill India has partnered with United Way of Bengaluru and implemented a comprehensive village development through specific focus on education, healthcare and livelihood opportunities for selected 25 villages in Doddaballapur Taluk.
Project Saathi addressing local developmental needs of 15000 individuals in Bhatinda: Cargill India in partnership with CARE and Agrasar is ensuring early childhood care, improving health and economically empower women smallholder farmers landless workers and adolescents of villages on Bhatinda next to our feed mill facility.

Uplift the lives of women by imparting financial inclusion training to women to help them set up their own micro-enterprise in Delhi & Haryana

Cargill India in three different projects in different locations is collectivizing 200 women of urban slum communities; training, empowering and imparting livelihood skills to help improve their income levels and helping them to set-up their own micro-enterprise.

Cargill Global Scholars Program

We, working with the Institute of International Education (IIE), have launched a new scholarship program in five countries including India to help build future potential leaders. The Cargill Global Scholars Program will provide financial support, leadership development and enrichment opportunities to nearly 200 talented and high-performing undergraduate students in these countries over three years, selecting at least 10 students in each country every year. Each of these scholars have been awarded scholarship funds of US$2,500 per year for two years and will be invited to take part in a series of leadership and enrichment activities designed to enhance their critical thinking skills and equip them with the tools necessary for becoming leaders and decision makers in their chosen fields.