Marché de Dosso

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Wholesale · Dosso, Niger · also called Dosso

A collection market on the road between Niamey and the Benin border, and one of the points maize coming up from Benin through Malanville is traded at before it reaches the capital.

What trades at Marché de Dosso

Crop	Sold by	Supply peaks
Pearl millet	sack	October to December
Maize	sack	October to November
Cowpea	sack	October to December
Sorghum	sack	October to December
Rice	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

XOF

Trade is in CFA francs (XOF), cash or mobile money. Grain goes by the sack and the tia (a measuring bowl) for smaller lots — check which the buyer means before you agree a price.

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 Dosso, on the Niamey–Gaya road.

Places that could sell into Marché de Dosso

• Dosso · 5 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Boboye · 34 km Amaranth, Bambara Groundnut, Common Bean
• Dioundiou · 62 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Falmey · 69 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Loga · 78 km Common Bean, Cowpea, Fonio
• Tibiri · 84 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Gaya · 92 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Balleyara · 100 km Common Bean, Cowpea, Fonio

Marché de Dosso 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 Dosso?

Marché de Dosso trades pearl millet, maize, cowpea, sorghum, rice. A collection market on the road between Niamey and the Benin border, and one of the points maize coming up from Benin through Malanville is traded at before it reaches the capital.

When is pearl millet cheapest at Marché de Dosso?

Supply of pearl millet into Marché de Dosso 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 Dosso?

XOF. Trade is in CFA francs (XOF), cash or mobile money. Grain goes by the sack and the tia (a measuring bowl) for smaller lots — check which the buyer means before you agree a price.

What are today's prices at Marché de Dosso?

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