Grand Marché de Bamako

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Wholesale · Bamako, Mali · also called Marché Rose, Bamako grand market

Mali's principal market, in its Sudanese-style hall in central Bamako. It supplies the country's secondary markets and trades on into the sub-region, so what is struck here sets prices well beyond the city. Yam arrives through wholesale traders bringing tubers up from the southern producing zones.

In season here in September: Yam

What trades at Grand Marché de Bamako

Crop	Sold by	Supply peaks
Pearl millet	sack	October to December
Sorghum	sack	October to December
Rice	sack	November to January
Maize	sack	October to November
Yam	tuber	September to November
Cowpea	sack	October to December
Groundnut	sack	October to December
Fonio	sack	October to November
Roselle	sack	November to December Bissap — the dried calyx.
Onion	sack	February to April

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, vegetables by the basket or the heap.

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 central Bamako, north of the Niger.

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Grand Marché de Bamako 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 Grand Marché de Bamako?

Grand Marché de Bamako trades pearl millet, sorghum, rice, maize, yam, cowpea, groundnut, fonio, roselle, onion. Mali's principal market, in its Sudanese-style hall in central Bamako. It supplies the country's secondary markets and trades on into the sub-region, so what is struck here sets prices well beyond the city. Yam arrives through wholesale traders bringing tubers up from the southern producing zones.

When is pearl millet cheapest at Grand Marché de Bamako?

Supply of pearl millet into Grand Marché de Bamako 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 Grand Marché de Bamako?

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

What are today's prices at Grand Marché de Bamako?

Divisi does not publish daily prices for Grand Marché de Bamako — 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.