supply marketing of sorghum in mali
TRANSCRIPT
Sorghum is among the top three crops produced by farmers in
Mali, and it is these self-same farmers who underpin the country’s
sorghum marketing system.
A study by ICRISAT West and Central Africa shows that, about 27%
of sorghum produced is sold into spot markets, indicating that sor-
ghum is sold to buyers once farmers have determined the quan-
tity necessary to cover their own consumption.
However, little information is known on the value added and the
economic performance of sorghum supply marketing in Mali du-
ring harvest and planting periods.
• baCkground
Analyze the economic performance of sorghum grain marketing during
harvest and planting or lean periods. The specific objectives are:
Identify the spot markets, the actors involved in the sorghum sup-
ply chain and their role in both periods;
Evaluate the value that each actor add to the supply chain;
Evaluate the profitability of sorghum marketing.
• objeCtives
The Supply management chain framework is used to analyze the
surplus distribution among chain participant;
The Structure, Conduct and Performance concept is applied to un-
derstand the structure of the system, the conduct of the various
actors and how this results in an overall performance that
changes the system’s structure over time;
The value added and market margin approaches are used to com-
pute the values that each category of actors added in sorghum
marketing.
• methodology
Structure and conduct :
Sorghum marketing system is vertically integrated (see in Figure 1)
and consists of five categories of actors: farmers, collectors, wholesa-
lers, retailers and consumers.
Farmers, the first major players in the sorghum value-chain use
more than 70% of the quantity produced for their own consump-
tion and sold the rest to market intermediaries.
Collectors, divided in two types: collector-producers and speciali-
zed-collectors usually live in the production areas and buy sor-
ghum grains on a weekly basis for sale to wholesalers on the spot
local market.
Wholesalers, divided in two types: local-wholesalers and external
wholesalers provide financial, transport support out to Mali’s
urban centers (Bamako, Mopti, Sikasso, Ségou etc.) and store sor-
ghum grains. In general, collectors are working on their behalf.
Retailers usually buy sorghum from wholesalers but their role in
the marketing of sorghum is very low.
Performance:
Sorghum sellers obtain a relatively high profit and that they gene-
rate interesting value added in the sorghum supply management;
Wholesalers add more value to sorghum grain than collectors. In
addition, wholesalers get the higher marketing margin compare to
both types of collectors (see in Table1);
For 100 kg of sorghum sold in the market, the total value added is
about for 13,937 FCFA. The share of each actor in this value is in-
dicated in Figure 2.
• results and main aChievements
• reCommendations
Enhance integration of actors in the sorghum marketing;
Encourage the use of sorghum in other sectors as the poultry sec-
tor;
Policy makers should pay attention to manage the scale instru-
ments.
•Current partnerships
ICRISAT sorghum breeding teams, namely Fred Rattunde & Eva W.
Rattunde;
An Bè Jigui project for the funding support
SUPPLY MARKETING OF SORGHUM IN MALI
Alphonse Singbo1 & Bréhima Sangare1
1International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid and Tropics
Corresponding author email: [email protected]