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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)