2005 • Cargill acquires Parakh Foods with brand "Gemini" and sets up a new Busi

ness Unit called Cargill Refined Oils India. This is first business unit with he
adquarters in India.
• Cargill launches Saanjhi Unnati Program in Rajasthan for development of malt bar
ley in active collaboration with the Government of Rajasthan and SAB Miller.
2006 • Cargill starts its sugar off shoring business to support the execution a
ctivities of Cargill Netherlands.
• Cargill sets up CarVal India Pvt. Ltd.
• Cargill enters into a joint venture in a project for setting up a green field su
gar refinery in South India.
• Cargill entered into tolling arrangements with local Soybean crushers in Maharas
htra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
• Cargill enters into a joint venture and subsequently owns and leads a shrimp fee
d manufacturing business in Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh.
2007 Cargill launches cotton trading business in India.
2008 An independently managed subsidiary of Cargill, Black River Advisor Indi
a Pvt. Ltd., begins operations in India.