Market driven improvement of potato and garden pea value chains through a gender transformative agriculture extension approach

This study evaluates the impact of the Gender Transformative Farmer Field and Business School and how it compares with conventional Farmer Fields Schools (Kilimo na Soko) on farm production and gender roles in potato and garden pea value chains. The broader aim is to bridge existing knowledge gaps on the role of gender in agriculture. This policy brief/brochure provides a concise encapsulation of gender differences in the production value chain. For instance, “women dominate all production aspects of production (planting, weeding and harvesting). Men regard labor activities as a woman’s role thus minimally participating.