A 15,000-hectare concession awarded to Karuturi Global in Ethiopia’s Gambela region has left locals fearing their ancestral lands will be cleared for agribusiness once again by the Indian firm. Karuturi said in an April note to shareholders that it has a new land deal for crop cultivation in Western Gambela, almost two years after exiting Ethiopia after a previous attempt at food production failed. However, Karuturi failed to initially develop a successful agribusiness operation. Its failures were compounded when 92 workers filed a complaint with Ethiopian authorities in 2013 accusing Karuturi of delaying wages, breaching safety standards, and failing to provide adequate housing.

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