Farmers sell crops below farmgate prices—study (Malawi Times)

Malawi Times reported on IFPRI-Malawi findings that show that 75 percent of maize farmers and 90 percent of soybean farmers sold their crops below the official minimum farmgate prices. The report released this month established that 39 percent for maize and 52 percent for soybeans were sold either on-farm or at nearby markets (41 percent for both crops) and were mainly sold to assemblers and retailers. This study used an innovative call center-based method to crowdsource the prices that Malawian maize and soybeans farmers received during the 2020 marketing season.