IFPRI Malawi Strategy Support Program Policy Note 41 By Bob Baulch and Aubrey Jolex Introduction Between April and July 2021, IFPRI Malawi conducted its second, nationwide crowdsourcing exercise on the maize and soybean prices paid to farmers. In contr... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Event Recap: A New Method for Monitoring Farmgate Prices in Malawi
Farmers, civil society organizations and government officials often accuse traders of exploitative behavior towards farmers by paying low prices for their produce and capturing most of the profit margin themselves. However, reliable information about f... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
IFPRI Malawi Q 4 2020 Newsletter
Welcome to IFPRI Malawi’s newsletter covering the last quarter of 2020! This contains updates on IFPRI Malawi’s research, publications, events, and much more. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Report on a Study to Crowdsource Farmgate Prices for Maize and Soybeans in Malawi
This report summarizes the findings from an innovative study to collect the prices that farmers received for maize and soybeans during the 2020 main marketing season in Malawi. This study builds on a previous pilot crowdsourcing study covering farm gat... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Policy Note 38: Can a Maize Price Band Work in Malawi?
Policy Note 38, authored by Bob Baulch and Rosemary Botha, updates previous IFPRI analysis which examined, based on historical maize prices, how often ADMARC would need to intervene in different markets to defend a plausible range of ceiling and floor ... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
