India

Ghana offers land to Punjab farmers
- SME Times
- 01 August 2014
Ghana has offered to settle progressive farmers from Punjab to give a push to the agricultural sector in the western African country, a Punjab government spokesman said Thursday.
Are Indian companies "grabbing land" in Ethiopia?
- Addis Standard
- 22 July 2014
India's Ambassador to Ethiopia Sanjay Verma says India's "pioneering" investors are not land grabbing, calls conflicts with local communities "teething problems".
African overdrive: Move to widen Indian investments in continent
- Business Standard
- 15 July 2014
A delegation of the Confederation of Indian Industry is in Ethiopia to meet with the Agriculture Investment and Land Administration Agency and other government agencies to discuss business opportunities.
Rural land grab has unleashed mass dislocation, imposed financial risks on Ethiopia – while benefitting some investors: Case Karuturi
- Ethiopia Observatory
- 24 June 2014
The entire edifice of Karuturi's enterprise, especially the Gambella 300,000 ha, is allegedly founded on corruption (bribery) and too many lies, writes The Ethiopian Observatory.
L’Ethiopie consacre 3 millions d’hectares pour l’industrie textile
- Financial Afrik
- 26 May 2014
L’indien Shri Vallabh Pittie et les américains VF et Phillips Van Heusen viennent de boucler une tournée en Ethiopie où le président a réaffirmé son engagement à mettre à disposition 3m d’ha pour la culture du coton
‘Karuturi and government displaced locals, disrupted Gambela'
- Millennium Post
- 28 April 2014
Nyikaw Ochalla outlines the disparaging treatment towards locals in Gambela as he highlights government as well as Karuturi’s complacency towards the displaced locals.
Pour Karuturi, figure emblématique de l’accaparement des terres, c’est le fiasco
- TJN et al
- 14 February 2014
Karuturi Ltd, l’entité de production florale de Karuturi Global Ltd au Kenya, est au bord de l’effondrement financier et vient d’être placé sous administration judiciaire. L’un des pires accapareurs de terres de la planète est dans la situation la plus difficile qu’il ait jamais connue.
Karuturi : est-ce le plongeon ?
- TJN et al
- 14 February 2014
Un résumé des derniers événements au 13 février 2014 publié par Tax Justice Network, Forum Syd Kenya, GRAIN, Anywaa Survival Organisation et le South Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements
¿Se hunde Karuturi? Un resumen de los acontecimientos recientes
- TJN et al
- 14 February 2014
Documento de fondo para acompañar el boletín de prensa del 14 de febrero de 2014 de Tax Justice Network, Forum Syd Kenya, GRAIN, Anywaa Survival Organisation y South Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements
Se hunde Karuturi, icónico acaparador de tierras
- TJN et al
- 14 February 2014
Karuturi Ltd, la unidad de producción florícola de Karuturi Global en Kenya, entró en colapso financiero y fue puesta bajo administración judicial. Uno de los acaparadores de tierras más infames del mundo está sumido en los más grandes problemas que haya tenido jamás.
Karuturi going down? A summary of recent developments
- TJN et al
- 14 February 2014
Background document accompanying the 14 February 2014 media release issued by Tax Justice Network, GRAIN, Anywaa Survival Organisation, Forum Syd Kenya and the South Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements.
Karuturi, the iconic landgrabber, flops
- TJN et al
- 14 February 2014
Karturi Ltd, the Kenyan flower production unit of Karuturi Global, is in financial collapse and been put under receivership. One of the world's most infamous landgrabbers is in its deepest trouble yet.