Interest in gender roles, decision making and control of income in a specific society
has been growing for more than ten years, driven by the realization that women
often do not benefit from development activities and in some cases become even
poorer and more marginalised. Commercialisation leading to increased incomes
could have negative consequences for women and as intra-household gender
dynamics in Africa have shown, when a crop enters the formal market economy,
men are likely to take over from women. On a balance women are more vulnerable
in a market-oriented production than men