Marché de Glazoué

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Wholesale · Glazoué, Benin · also called Glazoué, marché d'ignames de Glazoué

The yam market of Benin's Collines, in the middle of the country's yam belt. Tubers are assembled here and move south to Cotonou and north to Malanville and the Sahel — which is why a Collines grower sells at Glazoué rather than hauling to the coast.

In season here in September: Yam · Maize

What trades at Marché de Glazoué

Crop	Sold by	Supply peaks
Yam	hundred tubers	August to November
Maize	sack	August to October
Cassava	sack	—
Cowpea	sack	October to November
Groundnut	sack	October to November

Selling by the bucket or the bag? The farming glossary turns those measures into kilograms — what a 20 litre bucket of each crop really weighs, level and heaped. Open the glossary →

Selling here

Trading days

Every day

Currency

XOF

Trade is in CFA francs (XOF), cash or mobile money. Yam is counted, not weighed — by the hundred tubers.

Growers sell in bulk to traders who break the load down and resell. The best price for a full load, and the longest trip.

At Glazoué, Collines department, on the main north–south road.

Places that could sell into Marché de Glazoué

• Dassa-Zoume · 14 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Savalou · 29 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Glazoue · 44 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Djidja · 51 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Ketou · 58 km Jute Mallow, African Eggplant, African Nightshade
• Save · 61 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Cove · 64 km Jute Mallow, African Eggplant, African Nightshade
• Ouesse · 73 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth

Marché de Glazoué prices, and what to grow for it

Prices here move hour to hour, so they belong in the app rather than on a web page — a printed number would be wrong before you read it, and a live one from the traders standing in this market will not be.

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Frequently asked questions

What is sold at Marché de Glazoué?

Marché de Glazoué trades yam, maize, cassava, cowpea, groundnut. The yam market of Benin's Collines, in the middle of the country's yam belt. Tubers are assembled here and move south to Cotonou and north to Malanville and the Sahel — which is why a Collines grower sells at Glazoué rather than hauling to the coast.

When is yam cheapest at Marché de Glazoué?

Supply of yam into Marché de Glazoué peaks August to November, and that is when prices are usually at their lowest. Selling just before the peak, rather than in the middle of it, is where the money is.

What currency is used at Marché de Glazoué?

XOF. Trade is in CFA francs (XOF), cash or mobile money. Yam is counted, not weighed — by the hundred tubers.

What are today's prices at Marché de Glazoué?

Divisi does not publish daily prices for Marché de Glazoué — they move hour to hour, and a number printed on a web page would be wrong before you read it. Market prices are coming to the Divisi app, reported by the farmers and traders who are actually there. Install it and you will have them the day they land.