Marché Katako

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Wholesale · Niamey, Niger · also called Katako

Niamey's wholesale market. The grain traders are permanently installed here with warehouses and stores, and they work in networks with wholesalers in Niger's other regions and across the borders — which is what makes Katako the place a price is discovered rather than merely quoted.

What trades at Marché Katako

Crop	Sold by	Supply peaks
Pearl millet	sack	October to December
Sorghum	sack	October to December
Cowpea	sack	October to December
Groundnut	sack	October to December
Maize	sack	October to November
Rice	sack	November to January
Sesame	sack	November 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 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 Niamey, on the left bank.

Places that could sell into Marché Katako

• Ville de Niamey · 4 km Common Bean, Cowpea, Green Gram
• Torodi · 49 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Kollo · 54 km Common Bean, Cowpea, Green Gram
• Say · 65 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Balleyara · 82 km Common Bean, Cowpea, Fonio
• Gothèye · 85 km Cowpea, Green Gram, Jute Mallow
• Tillabéri · 89 km Cowpea, Green Gram, Jute Mallow
• Falmey · 97 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth

Marché Katako 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 Katako?

Marché Katako trades pearl millet, sorghum, cowpea, groundnut, maize, rice, sesame, onion. Niamey's wholesale market. The grain traders are permanently installed here with warehouses and stores, and they work in networks with wholesalers in Niger's other regions and across the borders — which is what makes Katako the place a price is discovered rather than merely quoted.

When is pearl millet cheapest at Marché Katako?

Supply of pearl millet into Marché Katako 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 Katako?

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 Katako?

Divisi does not publish daily prices for Marché Katako — 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.