A statement by the African Institute for Corporate Citizenship (Aicc) has called on farmers to form groups for crop aggregation before selling, to get good prices.

Aicc project manager Leonard Chimwaza advised that aggregating crops to sell in bulk gives farmers bargaining power for good prices than when producing and selling as individuals.

The statement follows after 2019, as a four- year Sustainable Agriculture Lead Farmer Program winded up, targeted 5 000 farmers in Mzimba, Nkhata Bay, Ntchisi, Dowa and Lilongwe Rural. Aicc has stated that structured marketing is recommended for crops such as tea, tobacco and coffee.