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Meet the Next-Gen Female Farmers Meet the Next-Gen Female Farmers Finding their own economic independence through coffee Dorotee Uwimbabazi has spent her whole life on coffee farms, and she is still improving her farming practices. She recently discovered the benefits of planting shade trees in her garden; not only do they protect the coffee trees, but they also provide the perfect compost when they shed their leaves. I think they have made my garden one of the best in my community, she beams. Dorotee is one of around 3,500 Rwandan women who have benefitted from a program launched by Nestlé in 2016 in collaboration with the Kahawatu Foundation. Its aim is to offer training in good agricultural practices. They are taught about everything from financial literacy to global coffee prices; pruning and weeding to mulching and harvesting. What results is coffee farming that is as profitable as possible. With profit comes socio-economic empowerment and financial freedo ....
Rwanda’s majority of its coffee is grown by some 400,000 small-scale farmers and their families, most of whom own less than quarter a hectare of land each (PHOTO/File) KIGALI – About 2,828 women coffee growers from five Coffee Washing Stations (CWS) in Rwanda have been empowered to manage their coffee farm as a business and implement good agriculture practices to improve productivity and thus farm economics. Coffee farming is normally male dominated however the women integration has a positive impact on the household financial management and the livelihood of the family. These are the first results of the Nestlé-Zoégas and Sucafinas second phase of the Nescafé Plan-Coffee by women program which was launched last year and is implemented by the Kahawatu Foundation. ....