Marché de Sikasso

Wholesale · Sikasso, Mali · also called Sikasso market

The market of Mali's wettest and most productive region, and one of the cereal regrouping centres where the country's grain wholesalers operate. Sikasso grows what the drier north cannot — mango, potato and maize — so the trade here looks different from Bamako's.

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What trades at Marché de Sikasso

Crop	Sold by	Supply peaks
Maize	sack	October to November
Mango	crate	April to June
Irish potato	sack	February to April
Sorghum	sack	October to December
Cotton	bale	December to February
Groundnut	sack	October to December
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 Sikasso, on the roads to Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso.

Places that could sell into Marché de Sikasso

Marché de Sikasso 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 Sikasso?

Marché de Sikasso trades maize, mango, irish potato, sorghum, cotton, groundnut, onion. The market of Mali's wettest and most productive region, and one of the cereal regrouping centres where the country's grain wholesalers operate. Sikasso grows what the drier north cannot — mango, potato and maize — so the trade here looks different from Bamako's.

When is maize cheapest at Marché de Sikasso?

Supply of maize into Marché de Sikasso peaks October 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 Sikasso?

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 Sikasso?

Divisi does not publish daily prices for Marché de Sikasso — 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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