Marché de Pouytenga

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Wholesale · Pouytenga, Burkina Faso · also called Pouytenga

A trading town whose market is out of proportion to its size, and the country's foremost livestock market. Grain, cowpea and groundnut trade alongside the animals, and buyers come from Togo, Ghana and Niger — so the price here answers to the region, not just to Burkina Faso.

What trades at Marché de Pouytenga

Crop	Sold by	Supply peaks
Cowpea	sack	October to December
Pearl millet	sack	October to December
Sorghum	sack	October to December
Groundnut	sack	October to December
Sesame	sack	November to December
Maize	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. Grain goes by the sack and vegetables by the basket.

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 Pouytenga, Centre-Est, on the road towards Togo and Niger.

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Marché de Pouytenga 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 Pouytenga?

Marché de Pouytenga trades cowpea, pearl millet, sorghum, groundnut, sesame, maize. A trading town whose market is out of proportion to its size, and the country's foremost livestock market. Grain, cowpea and groundnut trade alongside the animals, and buyers come from Togo, Ghana and Niger — so the price here answers to the region, not just to Burkina Faso.

When is cowpea cheapest at Marché de Pouytenga?

Supply of cowpea into Marché de Pouytenga peaks October to December, 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 Pouytenga?

XOF. Trade is in CFA francs (XOF), cash or mobile money. Grain goes by the sack and vegetables by the basket.

What are today's prices at Marché de Pouytenga?

Divisi does not publish daily prices for Marché de Pouytenga — 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.