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20260588

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)

20260553

Kenya, Rift Valley, Lake Naivasha. Karuturi rose farm, the biggest rose farm in the world. Earth worms are used to produce a biological fertilizer...|| But this is just a drop in the ocean compared with the demand.The farm is 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. it is the largest in the world producing 650 million roses a year. Karuturi supplies mainly to Europe. In Germany, Aldi and Edeka two discounter chains are among its largest customers. (KEYSTONE/LAIF/Hans-Juergen Burkard)

20260547

Kenya, Rift Valley, Karuturi rose farm, Lake Naivasha, shows block 6 of Karuturi rose farm. Several times a week, it's raining pesticides on the roses of Karuturi. A warning sign says "wear protective clothing and masks" and it it shows time limits for re-entry of the greenhouse.The world's largest single greenhouseof about 8 acres (8 hektar) ..|| The workers earn on average 2 Ä per day. The farm is owned by Sai Rama Krishna Karuturi, 43 (2011), a mechanical engineer from Bangalore, India called 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. it is the largest in the world producing 650 million roses a year. Karuturi supplies mainly to Europe. In Germany, Aldi and Edeka two discounter chains are among its largest customers.. Several times a week, it's raining pesticides on the roses of Karuturi. A warning sign says “wear protective clothing and masks” and it it shows time limits for re-entry of the greenhouse. But union officials report on cracked protective clothing, allergies and eye problems. In addition, workers would be sent back to the roses, while in the immediate vicinity pesticides trickle. .Karuturi claims that there is no use of pesticides class 1 which are the most toxic..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 (KEYSTONE/LAIF/Hans-Juergen Burkard)

20260544

Kenya, Lake Naivasha, Rift Valley. January 2011. Rose harvest in Block 6 of Karuturi farm. The world's largest greenhouse, [of more than eight acres (8 hektar) The workers earn on average 2 Ä per day] ..|| Most workers are migrants from poorer parts of Kenya or the neighbouring countries The truth is that here they make money which they could not make otherwise. But many live in the slums around the lake like the one of Karagita next to the flower farms. That is where they rent tiny shags with cardboard walls and roofs made of .plastic bags for a third or more of their monthly salary. No electricity, no water, no toilet..the Karuturi farm is 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. it is the largest in the world producing 650 million roses a year. Karuturi supplies mainly to Europe. In Germany, Aldi and Edeka two discounter chains are among its largest customers..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)

20260548

Kenya, Rift Valley, Karuturi rose farm, Lake Naivasha, shows block 6 of Karuturi rose farm. Several times a week, it's raining pesticides on the roses of Karuturi. A warning sign says "wear protective clothing and masks" and it it shows time limits for re-entry of the greenhouse.The world's largest single greenhouseof about 8 acres (8 hektar) ..|| The workers earn on average 2 Ä per day. The farm is owned by Sai Rama Krishna Karuturi, 43 (2011), a mechanical engineer from Bangalore, India called 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. it is the largest in the world producing 650 million roses a year. Karuturi supplies mainly to Europe. In Germany, Aldi and Edeka two discounter chains are among its largest customers.. Several times a week, it's raining pesticides on the roses of Karuturi. A warning sign says “wear protective clothing and masks” and it it shows time limits for re-entry of the greenhouse. But union officials report on cracked protective clothing, allergies and eye problems. In addition, workers would be sent back to the roses, while in the immediate vicinity pesticides trickle. .Karuturi claims that there is no use of pesticides class 1 which are the most toxic..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 (KEYSTONE/LAIF/Hans-Juergen Burkard)

20260578

Kenya, Lake Naivasha area where most of Kenyas flower farms are located. Housing for workers at the Karuturi flower farm. A weekend religious service in the room of a farm worker...|| Each family has a bare room of 9 square meters, a tiny window, often ten people live in it and more. Mostly women with children because their is a kind of security not found in outside slums. And there is electrical power, after all, even a toilet houses with running water, a small hospital, a school. But people pay the equivalent of 15 euros a month, a third of the average wage. 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)

20260536

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)

20260575

Kenya, Lake Naivasha area where most of Kenyas flower farms are located. Housing for workers at the Karuturi flower farm. Each family has a bare room of 9 square meters, a tiny window, often ten people live in it and more...|| Mostly women with children because their is a kind of security not found in outside slums. And there is electrical power, after all, even a toilet houses with running water, a small hospital, a school. But people pay the equivalent of 15 euros a month, a third of the average wage. 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)

20260535

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)

20260543

Kenya, Rift Valley, Lake Naivasha area, Rose harvest in Block 6 of Karuturi farm. [The world's largest greenhouse, of more than eight acres (8 hektar) The workers earn on average 2 Ä per day] ...|| Rose harvest in Block 6 of Karuturi farm. The world's largest greenhouse, of more than eight acres (8 hektar) The workers earn on average .2 Ä per day. Most workers are migrants from poorer parts of Kenya or the neighbouring countries The truth is that here they make money which they could not make otherwise. But many live in the slums around the lake like the one of Karagita next to the flower farms. That is where they rent tiny shags with cardboard walls and roofs made of .plastic bags for a third or more of their monthly salary. No electricity, no water, no toilet, the flower farms, 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)

20260583

Kenya, Lake Naivasha, Rift Valley. Dr. David M. Harper .Senior Lecturer, Ecology & Conservation Biology [from the University of Leicester UK], on the shores of Lake Naivasha...|| For 30 years, Harper explores the sensitive .ecosystem protected by the United Nations. For years, the concentration of nutrients in the water increases. Remains of the flower industry, fertilizers, small farmers, and the raw sewage of the people who settle near the lake pose an increasing problem..At the same time the water level drops since the lake has to provide too much water. to the flower farms. "This lake .is getting toxic, and this lake runs dry, "saiys Harper. In many places the lake is only a brown broth..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)