Los esclavos de las rosas de Kenia
    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.
    • El Mundo
    • 17 January 2014
    India a major destination for global land sharks
    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.
    • Hindustan Times
    • 22 December 2013
    ‘Karaturi has no business being in the flower industry’
    The Kenya Flower Council foresees huge implications for the country when Karuturi goes down, reports Flora Culture International
    • Flora Culture International
    • 18 December 2013
    Prise de terres
    Nouveau documentaire de 52 minutes qui expose des situations d'accaparement de terres en France, en Inde et au Sénégal.
    • La Ligne du Temps
    • 18 December 2013
    5 reasons against Subrata Roy’s 20 thousand cows of in Ovce Pole
    In Dzumajlija there is not enough land, water and space to breed the cows announced by the Indian company Sahara Group
    • Scoop
    • 05 November 2013
    Attack on Indian-owned farm in Ethiopia turns spotlight on land policy
    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.
    • The Hindu
    • 05 November 2013
    Karuturi workers demonstrate along Naivasha Nakuru highway over their pay
    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.
    • KTN
    • 26 September 2013
    Moratorium on foreign ownership of agricultural land: Xenophobia, myopia or what?
    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.
    • Georgia Today
    • 12 September 2013
    Firm wants Karuturi Flowers wound up
    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.
    • The Star
    • 07 September 2013
    India: Lok Sabha passes land acquisition bill
    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.
    • Reuters
    • 29 August 2013
    Karuturi flower farm directors skip meeting
    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
    • The Star
    • 28 August 2013
    Karuturi Global promoters increase pledge as problems continue
    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
    • Business Standard
    • 14 August 2013
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