A 15,000-hectare concession awarded to Karuturi Global in Ethiopia’s Gambela region has left locals fearing their ancestral lands will be cleared for agribusiness once again by the Indian firm.
Una coalición de grupos hace un llamado urgente ante las autoridades de Etiopía y de India para que se cancele la concesión de nuevos contratos de arrendamiento de tierras a la compañía de agronegocios Karuturi Global.
En avril 2019, Karuturi Global a informé ses actionnaires qu'on lui avait "accordé 15 000 hectares de terrain pour des activités agricoles" à Gambella, mais le contrat de bail n'a toujours pas été délivré par les autorités compétentes
A diplomatic intervention by the Indian government and law suits filed by the company appear to have pushed Ethiopian authorities to backtrack and offer a new lease in the Gambella region, this time for 15,000 hectares.
« L’Etat du Sénégal, en plus d’avoir donné des terres aux indiens, subventionne ces derniers à hauteur de 9 milliards de fcfa », dénonce le porte-parole des exploitants sénégalais des Niayes
- Teranga News
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26 April 2019
Shares of Karuturi Global may remain in action, as its subsidiary Karuturi Agro Products Plc, Ethiopia, has been granted 15,000 hectares for agricultural activities.
Interview with Mayur and Kamlesh Madhvani, the Joint Managing Directors of the Madhvani Group which controls a 14,000 hectare sugar estate in Uganda
Saudi Arabia wants India to change its laws to allow Saudis to own agricultural land to help enhance food security while reducing their dependence on oil, says the chairman of the Saudi-India Business Council
- Economic Times
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20 February 2019
« Nous, paysans et éleveurs, allons voter pour celui-là qui mettra fin au bradage du foncier » annoncent les producteurs du Sénégal face aux candidats à l'élection presidentielle
- Senenews
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13 February 2019
The decision by the Supreme Court's Court of Appeal gives the green light to Stanbic Bank Plc to dispose off Karuturi Limited assets as foreclosure to defaulted loans totaling to Ksh. 621 million in the flower farm's pre-receivership
Under an MoU signed between Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation and the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Uzbek government has offered the Indian company around 20,000 ha of land for farming
- DNA India
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23 January 2019
India's Union Minister for Commerce & Industry says Saudi Arabia and UAE will be using India as a base for their food security.
- Indian Express
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14 January 2019
