Le Journal de la Photographie

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. Mr. Birinder Singh is the executive director of the Karuturi Agro Industries. On his Etiopian map the compounds of the company are market by small flags. Karuturi is the biggest producer of roses in the world, and although this activity is concentrated mainly in Kenya it is...

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. Mr. Birinder Singh is the executive director of the Karuturi Agro Industries. On his Etiopian map the compounds of the company are market by small flags. Karuturi is the biggest producer of roses in the world, and although this activity is concentrated mainly in Kenya it is... Ethiopia, Gawani, Afar region. Afar workers gather cotton in Herrie Hamedi Ali's plantation. Herrie Hamedi Ali is an Afar native of this area who lives in Awash, 150km further south. He has invested in a 1000 hectare lease, of which only 14 are cultivated with cotton. he would like to increase t... Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. In the Karuturi offices the executive director Mr. Birinder Singh, is on the telephone with a fellow manager. Karuturi is the biggest producer of roses in the world, and although this activity is concentrated mainly in Kenya it is gradually moving to Ethiopia because of the... Ethiopia, Holetta. Workers in one of the Jittu Horticulture strawberry fields. In the Holetta compound there are about 400 workers and the daily payrate is no more than $1. The company declares that all the workers have access to the health care and pension programmes. Due to the particlular clim... Landgrabbing in Ethiopia, Agula region of Tigray. Farming women walk along a bank to reach their allotment. The average size of the allotments cultivated by the local farmers is no more than 0.6 hectares, hardly sufficient to guarantee sustenance for the numerous members of the typical Ethiopian... Landgrabbing in Ethiopia, Metahara Sugar Factory. Inside the factory. In the context of boosting sugar and biofuel production the Metahara sugar factory, which belongs to the government, has confiscated over 20 thousand hectares of land inhabited by the Afar people, provoking a certain amount of... Ethiopia, Awash, near Amibara and the Aledeghi natural reserve. Sugar cane cutlings are planted. This territory is included in the government-owned Metahara Sugar Factory's 20 thousand hectare expansion plan, in the context of boosting sugar and biofuel production © Alfredo Bini Ethiopia, Holetta. Workers in the Jittu Horticulture shiiping department pack the strawberries which will leave for Dubai the same evening. In the Holetta compound there are about 400 workers and the daily payrate is no more than $1. The company declares that all the workers have access to the he...