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Kenya, Lake Naivasha, Rift Valley, Karuturi roses, Rose farm, flower industry..|| Karuturi roses, the biggest rose farm of the world owned by Sai Rama Krishna Karuturi, 43 (2011), a mechanical engineer from Bangalore, India, the king of roses He also owns Lands in Ethiopia, computer companies in India, a canning fac-tory. Four years ago he bought this rose farm on Lake Naivasha in Kenya which produces 650 million roses a year. Karuturi supplies mainly to Europe. In Germany, Aldi and Edeka two discounter chains are among its largest customers.In peak times, 1.8 million roses are processed per day. .The flower industry facing accusations by the environmental groups and workers unions from unsafe working conditions to low wages to reckless environmental practices, as contributing massively to the depletion of the Lake Naivasha eco-system through their cultivation methods; horticulture still continues to be one of the fastest growing sub sectors in Kenya's export sector, growing at over 7% annually. The Kenya Flower Council, KFC, says the accusations are not un-warranted since a number of renegade-investors had declined to adhere to standardised protocols that was leading to the degradation of the lakes eco-system.. A struggle to protect wildlife, water and a rapidly expanding human population, who are desperate to feed their families, has increased tension in the area. (KEYSTONE/LAIF/Hans-Juergen Burkard)