Karuturi Global Ltd

EIA cracks down on tardy investors
- Africa Intelligence
- 10 January 2014
The Ethiopian Investment Agency (EIA) has withdrawn 3,000 investment permits that it had previously granted to Ethiopian and foreign companies, including Karuturi Global Ltd.
Authorities in the Gambela region of Ethiopia are investigating Karuturi Global and other farmland grabbers for criminal activities
- ASO
- 20 December 2013
Several investors with large agricultural leases are being investigated for illegal activities, including corruption, environmental destruction, and failure to uphold the terms of their contracts
‘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
Green Rush: How big agriculture is carving up Africa for industrial farmland.
- Foreign Policy
- 18 December 2013
African countries are also welcoming big agricultural projects bankrolled by foreign investors whose goal is to send food abroad.
Ethiopia’s farm investment plans falter on flood plain
- Bloomberg
- 26 November 2013
Karuturi, like many other large-scale investors, underestimated the complexity of opening land for large-scale commercial agriculture.
Flower growers in Kenya strike against Karuturi Global
- CorpWatch
- 10 October 2013
Flower growers in Kenya have gone on strike to protest unpaid wages from Karuturi Global, the Indian flower export multinational.
Cotu demands the arrest of Naivasha Karuturi officials
- The Standard
- 09 October 2013
Central Organisation of Trade Unions has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the management of a flower farm owned by the Indian company, Karuturi.
Ethiopia: Land policy revised
- Africa Intelligence
- 27 September 2013
After enabling foreign firms to grab vast stretches of land, the government has begun to review its land policy.
Ethiopia: La politique foncière revue et corrigée
- Africa Intelligence
- 27 September 2013
En privé, les officiels éthiopiens reconnaissent l'échec de leur politique d'agriculture commerciale basée sur la location à bas prix d'immenses portions de terres à des firmes étrangères.
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.
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.
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