Commitment

Enhance local food systems

Private sector - food business / United States of America

Cargill, Inc.

Commitment made: 03 Nov 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

Global - Cargill operating and/or supply chain communities

Verification status Verified Find out more

Commitment description

By 2030, Cargill will have invested $50M in initiatives that enhance food systems within vulnerable communities across the regions in which it operates by supporting both local producers, including smallholder farmers, and local food providers, such as school feeding programs and small businesses, and facilitating and strengthening market linkages between them.

Nutrition Action Classification across all goals

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

N4G themes covered by goals

  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Total funding and costs across all goals

Funders Cargill
Funding mechanism Self
Cost secured 100%
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (USD) - United States dollar
Cost amount 50,000,000.0
$USD equivalent 50,000,000.0 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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