food processing is particularly important in this regard not only because of its potential scale but also because of its key role in rural structural transformation as a critical part of the nonfarm economy and a facilitator of agricultural development unctad a some energyrelated activities may also behighly conducive to women s entrepreneurship and employment especially in the conception and design of enduse equipment such as cook stoves and other electrical appliances puzzola et al this may also provide an entry point into a much wider range of other often maledominated small and mediumscale manufacturing activities technological capability acquisition is all the more critical in the context of the ongoing penetration of renewableenergy technologies which have witnessed rapid technological advances and whose performance is often determined by sitespecific conditions