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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
La fiebre del oro ha llegado a Etiopía, pero esto no guarda relación alguna con el metal amarillo. Es la búsqueda del oro verde: tierras agrícolas fértiles.
The Ethiopian Investment Agency (EIA) has withdrawn 3,000 investment permits that it had previously granted to Ethiopian and foreign companies, including Karuturi Global Ltd.
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
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.
