India

Los esclavos de las rosas de Kenia
- El Mundo
- 17 January 2014
Sher Karuturi Ltd exporta cada día un millón y medio de rosas a Europa según su página web pero el barrio construido para sus trabajadores no tiene electricidad por impagos.
India a major destination for global land sharks
- Hindustan Times
- 22 December 2013
Foreign companies from Britain, US, Austria and Thailand have concluded 36 deals to buy agricultural land in India in the states of Gujarat, Orissa, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.
‘Karaturi has no business being in the flower industry’
- Flora Culture International
- 18 December 2013
The Kenya Flower Council foresees huge implications for the country when Karuturi goes down, reports Flora Culture International
Prise de terres
- La Ligne du Temps
- 18 December 2013
Nouveau documentaire de 52 minutes qui expose des situations d'accaparement de terres en France, en Inde et au Sénégal.
5 reasons against Subrata Roy’s 20 thousand cows of in Ovce Pole
- Scoop
- 05 November 2013
In Dzumajlija there is not enough land, water and space to breed the cows announced by the Indian company Sahara Group
Attack on Indian-owned farm in Ethiopia turns spotlight on land policy
- The Hindu
- 05 November 2013
A violent attack on a tea plantation leased by Indian-owned Verdanta Harvest Plc, a subsidiary of the Noida-based Lucky Group, has renewed concerns over Ethiopia’s policy of leasing out large tracts of land to international investors.
Karuturi workers demonstrate along Naivasha Nakuru highway over their pay
- KTN
- 26 September 2013
Workers of the troubled Karuturi farms in Kenya went on strike to demand their two months salaries. The incident came two days after four workers tried to commit suicide outside the farm's gates in protest.
Moratorium on foreign ownership of agricultural land: Xenophobia, myopia or what?
- Georgia Today
- 12 September 2013
Large scale privatization of state-owned agricultural lands in Georgia has the potential to trigger violence and social unrest of far graver consequences for investment – foreign and domestic – into the national economy than the notorious moratorium.
Firm wants Karuturi Flowers wound up
- The Star
- 07 September 2013
A manufacturer of a cartons and polythene bags has applied to the High Court in Kenya to wind up cash-strapped Indian flower firm, Karuturi.
India: Lok Sabha passes land acquisition bill
- Reuters
- 29 August 2013
The bill's pricing rules would oblige developers to pay up to four times the market rate for land in rural areas and twice the rate in urban areas. Displaced people must also be given homes and jobs.
Karuturi flower farm directors skip meeting
- The Star
- 28 August 2013
A meeting called to address the problems facing Karuturi flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya, was cancelled. The farm directors who had flown in from India kept off the venue of the meeting due to the anger of union officials and the farm workers
Karuturi Global promoters increase pledge as problems continue
- Business Standard
- 14 August 2013
The promoters of Karuturi Global have been forced to increase their pledge towards the lenders by as much as 58% even as the company is trying to stabilise their operations in Ethiopia