In a research conducted a few years ago by a group i was part of, we issued questionnaires to ascertain the contributio nof women to the community in terms of agricultural production. Although our aim was not on value chain, it was found that the household head (mostly oldest male) in the household was to take the decision on the use of the family land. They did not have a say in what to produce and what the income was used for. It was concluded that the role of women’s in cultivation, harvesting and storage was greatly underplayed. Their contribution to the agricultural processing was not considered to be important and this affects.