Marché de Niono

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Wholesale · Niono, Mali · also called Niono

The market at the centre of the Office du Niger irrigation scheme, and a cereal regrouping point. This is Mali's rice country: a grower here is selling into a rice trade rather than a general grain one, and the harvest calendar follows the irrigation, not the rains.

What trades at Marché de Niono

Crop	Sold by	Supply peaks
Rice	sack	November to January
Onion	sack	February to April
Maize	sack	October to November
Sorghum	sack	October to December
Tomato	crate	December to February

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 Niono, Ségou region, in the Office du Niger scheme.

Places that could sell into Marché de Niono

• Niono · 20 km African Eggplant, Bambara Groundnut, Common Bean
• Markala · 49 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Sokolo · 53 km Cowpea, Green Gram, Jute Mallow
• Macina · 60 km African Nightshade, Bambara Groundnut, Common Bean
• Guire · 72 km Cowpea, Green Gram, Jute Mallow
• Nampala · 73 km Cowpea, Green Gram, Jute Mallow
• Farako · 75 km African Nightshade, Common Bean, Cowpea
• Dioro · 80 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth

Marché de Niono 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 Niono?

Marché de Niono trades rice, onion, maize, sorghum, tomato. The market at the centre of the Office du Niger irrigation scheme, and a cereal regrouping point. This is Mali's rice country: a grower here is selling into a rice trade rather than a general grain one, and the harvest calendar follows the irrigation, not the rains.

When is rice cheapest at Marché de Niono?

Supply of rice into Marché de Niono peaks November to January, 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 Niono?

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 Marché de Niono?

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