CALA

PART A

1. This describes the economic enhancement by an individual or company it gives its

products or services before offering them to customers. Value-added helps explain
why companies are able to sell their goods or services for more than they cost to
produce

2. Products found
 Maize-grinded mealie meal, bagging of maize
 Ground nuts-peanut butter, oil
 Sunflower- cooking oil
 Vegetables- dried black jack
 Sugar beans-
 Bananas
 Soya beans- flour, oil, chunks
Part B

1. Ways value can be added to maize

 packaging
 processing
 Drying
 distributing
 cooking
 grinding
 hulling
 drying
2. table showing value chain

Product Value of product Added value

1 20l bucket green maize cob

1 20l bucket dried maize US $3.00

US $2.00

1 20l bucket dehulled maize US $5.00

US $3.00

120l bucket grinded maize to US $8.00

produce mealie meal

PART C

2. Advantages of value addition to maize

 providing better nutrition to children and mothers;
 greater income for producers;
  access to new markets;
 new processes to improve packaging and storage to reduce waste and
ensure greater food safety

3. Recommendations on importance of value addition
 increases the profitability of farmers,
 to empower the farmers and weaker sections of the society
 to provide safe, quality and branded food to the consumers,
 to reduce post-harvest losses
 reduction in import and increasing exports
 encourage the growth of subsidiary industries
 to reduce the risk of marketing
 to promote the crops diversification
 to increase the financial stability of the farmers.