Maize export ban still affecting farmers in Malawi.

Farmers Union of Malawi has said farmers are failing to invest in agriculture during the current farming season due to low maize prices last year. The ban on the exportation of maize forced farmers to only sell their maize in the local agriculture market thus leading to low prices of maize. Farmers are failing to invest through buying farm inputs for their gardens because they did not make enough money from last year’s produce.