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The Kenya Flower Council foresees huge implications for the country when Karuturi goes down, reports Flora Culture International

African countries are also welcoming big agricultural projects bankrolled by foreign investors whose goal is to send food abroad.

Karuturi, like many other large-scale investors, underestimated the complexity of opening land for large-scale commercial agriculture.

Flower growers in Kenya have gone on strike to protest unpaid wages from Karuturi Global, the Indian flower export multinational.

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.

After enabling foreign firms to grab vast stretches of land, the government has begun to review its land policy.

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.

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.

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.

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 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

India and China are pushing heavily to open new markets in Africa but how do the local people feel about the results? BBC News video report.