Nestle is encouraging more female coffee growers in Kenya to take up leadership roles in farming cooperatives…The company has launched a programme to train more than 1,000 women in better agricultural practices…[while] developing their confidence and business skills…as part of its Nescafe Plan activities in the country…The Nescafe Plan…includes measures such as increasing direct procurement from farmers, offering them free technical assistance and training in agricultural best practices, and providing high-yield coffee seedlings at subsidised rates…[The programme in] Kenya is just one of a number of initiatives…In Pakistan and India for example, the company supports female dairy farmers by employing veterinarians and agronomists to provide them with advice on various issues, irrespective of whether or not they are Nestle suppliers…