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Article

16 Jul 2014

Author:
Nicholas Waitathu, Standard Digital (Kenya) 7 July 2014

Kenya: Nestlé partnership empowers women farmers to boost coffee production

"Women stir up brighter future for coffee"

Ms Jane Njambi is a small-scale coffee farmer in Nyeri County. She is part of a group of 159 women who are gradually expanding their dominance in the coffee value chain, thanks to an empowerment programme championed by two coffee organisations. Coffee Management Services (CMS), an agribusiness firm offering coffee farm management services in East Africa, has partnered with Nestlé, the world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company, to promote the latest agricultural practices and technologies in coffee-growing areas in Kenya.