As state grain marketer Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) continues to sell its maize at an exorbitant price, vendors in the country have further reduced the price of a 50kg bag of maize, Malawi24 has the details.
The reduction comes amid controversy over Zambia maize-gate scandal involving some top officials in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Admarc officials.
It also happens when ADMARC is still selling maize at MK12,500 per 50kg bag.
According to a snap check by this publication conducted on Monday February 6, vendors in Nsanje, Chikhwawa, Blantyre and Mulanje are selling a 50kg bag of maize at K10,000 with some selling it at as low as K8,000.
In the past weeks the traders were selling the maize at K12,000 per 50kg bag representing a reduction of 16.7 percent.
Speaking in an interview with Malawi24, vendors at Bangula Market in Nsanje attributed the maize drop to availability of the commodity and the nearing of maize harvesting season.
But Dr Joseph Chidanti Malunga, Chairperson for Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, attributed the drop in maize prices to prospects of good maize harvest this year.
“The drop in maize prices simply means there is a lot of food in the country this year. If you go to most maize selling points, you will not find people queuing for maize and most vendors are busy selling their consignment in order to avoid them from rotting,” said Dr Malunga from Zambia.
Meanwhile, some farmers at Tengani Trading centre in Lower Shire district of Nsanje have already started selling green maize.
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I wonder wy de admarc iz aiming at making profits instead of helping pipo,i really appriciate wat vendors r doing n dis iz a great improvement,lets show dem dat we can do it without dem.
Tidziwe kuti nkoyamba pa mbiri ya Malawi chichokereni mmanja mwa Tsamunda sizinachitikepo mumaulamuliro onese mmbuyomu BOMA KUKWEZA CHIMAMGA KUPOSA VENDA. Zachitika mu 2016 since 1964.
Nkhombo pasi ku ma venda nmuli nachitemwa na banthu banyinu ,ba boma kwawo nkhuba pala bali pa mipando,kuvivotelaso yayi Chammanja Shaba Thokozile Mike Justice Alexander Kampango Shaba Fredrick Lukhere Chrissy Shaba Kapira Jofa Shaba Jervis Shaba
Mavenda onse 2019 bomaaaaaa
Chomwe tikuenela kudziwa ndichakuti Mulungu So James apo nde mundimvetse. pamene munthu akuona ngati maganizo ake atheka pompa Mulungu amaambila pathela akopo mkumapitiliza kwinako, njala ya chaka chino ena amaganiza kuti Anthu tikufa kapena kuti tivutika kwambiri ayi ndithu Mulungu simunthu wakoza njila zopulumutsila ana Ake tere chanucho chimangacho gawanani mwamva ife ayi zaumbava zanuzo mudye mwina zikukwaneni anthu osatukula dziko inu mbava
This is funny! Why govt doing like that. Instead of reducing ,eeeesh!this administration
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May they be blessed.
If the government doesn’t have market locally, it should start looking outside the country for its market. We Malawians are comfortable with prices vendors are offering and the government is very luxurious and profit oriented with its maize. I hope to it pesticides are not expensive to maintain the quality of maize.
Anthu tilibe pabwino. Chimanga chikanatsika boma likanatukanidwa kuti it’s punishing poor farmers. If vendors are getting this commodity from Malawi it means farmers are gaining.
Tidziwe kuti nkoyamba pa mbiri ya Malawi chichokereni mmanja mwa Tsamunda sizinachitikepo mumaulamuliro onese mmbuyomu BOMA KUKWEZA CHIMAMGA KUPOSA VENDA. Zachitika mu 2016 since 1964.
Back in the year’s we were relying on government but in these year’s its sad to the government is merciless than local business people and this is the only government that sells maize on very ixpensive rate
Ku edingeni kuno kumzimba kwawo kwa mberwa dowe tidya 2weeks ikubwelao 2weeks inao basi msima yamunda admarc ibwele idzanyamule chi chawo maadmarc awo kuno ife mmmm sitiangula
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Price regulation, in economics describes govt deliberate actions aimed at disturbing the workings of the free market mechanism in setting prices, it involve setting minimum and maximum prices, maximum price which is also called “price ceiling” aims at protecting consumers from exploitation by black marketeers, this forces vendors to reduce prices of their commodities, i believe this makes sense, hah?
ulemu wanu mavendor for saving the nation. This govt wants to kill all poor pple but when campaign comes the will need the very same poor pple bcz they are easy to be cheated during compaign.
In mchinji a 50kg bag is selling at K7,500. Yet Chaponda is still selling his maize at 12,500. Udya nda nganga ako!