Cargill Currents Adds Four Countries
Cargill Currents expands into four countries, targeting water access, sanitation, infrastructure and farm water efficiency.
Cargill and Global Water Challenge have expanded their Cargill Currents partnership into Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica and Türkiye. The new programs are expected to support safe water, sanitation, infrastructure, watershed conservation and farm water efficiency. In Türkiye, 125 farmers around Lake İznik will receive training across 500 hectares, with estimated annual water savings of 374 million liters. The partnership has previously supported WASH services for nearly 200,000 people in Brazil and West Africa and regenerative agriculture across nearly 42,000 hectares in North America.
New Country Activities
In Bolivia, the program is expected to improve safe water and sanitation access for more than 1,000 households, representing more than 3,500 people, while supporting watershed conservation and local water-system management. Colombia’s work will target reliable drinking water access for approximately 1,000 people in five rural communities through aqueduct rehabilitation, water treatment and community water governance.
Costa Rica’s program is intended to improve long-term water security for 10,000 people by modernizing aging infrastructure, reducing losses from leaks and building local utility capacity. Türkiye’s activities will focus on precision irrigation and regenerative practices for farmers around Lake İznik.
Pete Dahm, Senior Director, Sustainability and Global Water Lead at Cargill, said:
“Water is essential to people and agriculture, which makes it essential to our business.”
“We’re excited to further expand our partnership with GWC through this next phase of Cargill Currents and build on the strong progress we’ve made together over the past five years.”
Programs Continue Elsewhere
Brazil activities are expected to improve WASH services for nearly 38,000 people in 39 communities and 61 schools in Bahia and Pará. In Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the partnership plans WASH services, women’s livelihood programs and community water management for approximately 55,000 people across 12 cocoa-growing communities.
In North America, the program will map and assess approximately 170,000 hectares of estuarine and marine ecosystems in California’s San Francisco Bay-Delta. The findings will inform projects including native vegetation planting and wetland restoration to reduce erosion and protect nearby coastal communities.
Local Water Security
The expanded work supports Cargill’s goal of enabling a water positive impact across its operations, supply chains and communities by 2030.
Monica Ellis, CEO of Global Water Challenge, said:
“Water security looks different in every community, and the solutions must be designed accordingly. Our Cargill Currents partnership brings together the resources, expertise, and local leadership needed to respond to those differences – from strengthening water systems and expanding access to safe water and sanitation, to helping farmers use water more efficiently and protecting the watersheds communities depend on. As we reflect after World Water Week, expanding this work into four new countries is an important step in building lasting water security where it is needed most.”
More information on previous partnership outcomes is available from Cargill.
