By Business ContributorAcross Malawi’s markets, farms, and trading centres, a familiar story is playing out — the seller is complaining, while the buyer is happy. In recent months, small-scale traders and farmers have increasingly found themselves on the losing end of transactions. Sellers, desperate to recover transport costs or avoid losses from perishable goods, accept unfavourable prices. The buyer walks away satisfied; the seller goes home discouraged. In the absence of reliable state markets, private buyers dominate, tilting the balance further against the seller.