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. Between April and July, whenever they sold maize or soybeans, farmers were asked to report the prices they received by call...
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2020
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| author | Ochieng, Dennis O. Baulch, Bob |
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| description | 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. Between April and July, whenever they sold maize or soybeans, farmers were asked to report the prices they received by calling or texting a toll-free number managed by Farm Radio Trust. Reported prices were then compared to the minimum farmgate prices set by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. Our findings show that 75 percent of maize farmers and 90 percent of soybean farmers sold their crops below the official minimum farmgate prices. On average, prices received by these farmers were approximately three-quarters of official minimum farmgate prices. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1437442025-11-06T07:25:01Z Report on a study to crowdsource farmgate prices for maize and soybeans in Malawi Ochieng, Dennis O. Baulch, Bob maize soybeans marketing prices producer prices 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. Between April and July, whenever they sold maize or soybeans, farmers were asked to report the prices they received by calling or texting a toll-free number managed by Farm Radio Trust. Reported prices were then compared to the minimum farmgate prices set by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. Our findings show that 75 percent of maize farmers and 90 percent of soybean farmers sold their crops below the official minimum farmgate prices. On average, prices received by these farmers were approximately three-quarters of official minimum farmgate prices. 2020-10-01 2024-05-22T12:16:32Z 2024-05-22T12:16:32Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143744 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133569 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ochieng, Dennis O.; and Baulch, Bob. 2020. Report on a study to crowdsource farmgate prices for maize and soybeans in Malawi. MaSSP Report October 2020. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134039. |
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| title | Report on a study to crowdsource farmgate prices for maize and soybeans in Malawi |
| title_full | Report on a study to crowdsource farmgate prices for maize and soybeans in Malawi |
| title_fullStr | Report on a study to crowdsource farmgate prices for maize and soybeans in Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Report on a study to crowdsource farmgate prices for maize and soybeans in Malawi |
| title_short | Report on a study to crowdsource farmgate prices for maize and soybeans in Malawi |
| title_sort | report on a study to crowdsource farmgate prices for maize and soybeans in malawi |
| topic | maize soybeans marketing prices producer prices |
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