The Monthly Maize Market Reports are developed by researchers at IFPRI Malawi, with the main goal of providing clear and accurate daily maize price data in selected markets throughout Malawi. The reports are intended as a resource for those interested in maize markets in Malawi, namely producers, traders, consumers, or other agricultural stakeholders.
Highlights
- Retail prices of maize declined on average by 25 percent in March thanks to the arrival of newly harvested maize on the market.
- The depreciation of the Malawi kwacha against neighboring currencies at the informal exchange rates used for most cross-border maize trade slowed down in March, which further eased pressure on prices.
- Imports of old maize from Tanzania were increasingly complemented by new maize coming in from Mozambique and southern Zambia.
- By the end of March, imports dominated exports at nearly all border crossings.
Read and download our March maize market report here (PDF 294 KB)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174319
Download retail maize price data here. Please note that once the harvest season commences and a substantial number of markets begin reporting prices for freshly harvested maize, we switch to reporting the prices for newly harvested maize.
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