Marché de Garoua

Wholesale · Garoua, Cameroon · also called Garoua market

The market of Cameroon's dry north, on the Bénoué. The crops here are Sahelian — sorghum, millet, cowpea, groundnut and cotton — not the roots and plantain of the south, and buyers reach it from Chad and northern Nigeria.

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What trades at Marché de Garoua

Crop	Sold by	Supply peaks
Sorghum	sack	October to December
Pearl millet	sack	October to November
Cowpea	sack	October to November
Groundnut	sack	October to November
Cotton	bale	December to February
Maize	sack	October to November
Onion	sack	November to January

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: XAF

Trade is in CFA francs (XAF), cash or mobile money. Roots and tubers go by the basket or the heap and grain by the sack — agree the measure first.

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

In Garoua, North region, on the Bénoué river.

Places that could sell into Marché de Garoua

Marché de Garoua 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 Garoua?

Marché de Garoua trades sorghum, pearl millet, cowpea, groundnut, cotton, maize, onion. The market of Cameroon's dry north, on the Bénoué. The crops here are Sahelian — sorghum, millet, cowpea, groundnut and cotton — not the roots and plantain of the south, and buyers reach it from Chad and northern Nigeria.

When is sorghum cheapest at Marché de Garoua?

Supply of sorghum into Marché de Garoua 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 Garoua?

XAF. Trade is in CFA francs (XAF), cash or mobile money. Roots and tubers go by the basket or the heap and grain by the sack — agree the measure first.

What are today's prices at Marché de Garoua?

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

Last checked August 2026. Markets move and trading hours change — if something here is wrong, please tell us.

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