Price Bulletin April 2021

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year.

Rice, millet, sorghum, and maize are the primary staple foods in Senegal. Groundnuts are both an important source of protein and a commonly grown cash crop. Imported rice is consumed daily by the vast majority of households in Senegal particularly in and Touba urban centers. Local rice is produced and consumed in the Senegal River Valley. St. Louis is a major market for the Senegal River Valley. Millet is consumed in central regions where Kaolack is the most important regional market. Maize is produced and consumed in areas around Kaolack, Tambacounda, and the Senegal River Valley. Some maize is also imported mainly from the international market. High demand for all commodities exists in and around Touba and Dakar. They are also important centers for stocking and storage during the lean season. The harvests of grains and groundnuts begin at the end of the marketing year in October; Source: FEWS NET gratefully acknowledges SIM/CSA, Senegal and stocks of locally produced grains are drawn down throughout for the market data and information used to produce this the marketing year. Senegal depends more on imports from the report. international market for rice than from cross border trade which mainly includes cattle from and Mauritania that supply Dakar and surrounding markets. i l

t 02 T e 5 Year Average 2015/16 - 2019/20 Previous Year 2019/20 Current Year 2020/21 1 2 Millet: Nominal retail prices in Dakar, Tilène Millet: Nominal retail prices in Kaolak 350 300

300 250 250 200 200 150 150 XOF/kg XOF/kg 100 100 50 50

0 0 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Millet: Nominal retail prices in Saint-Louis Millet: Nominal retail prices in Tambacounda 450 350 400 300 350 250 300 250 200 200

XOF/kg 150 XOF/kg 150 100 100 50 50 0 0 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

FEWS NET Senegal FEWS NET is a USAID-funded activity. The content of this report does not [email protected] necessarily reflect the view of the United States Agency for International www.fews.net Development or the United States Government. SENEGAL Price Bulletin April 2021 i l

t 02 T e 5 Year Average 2015/16 - 2019/20 Previous Year 2019/20 Current Year 2020/21 1 2

Broken rice: Nominal retail prices in Broken rice: Nominal retail prices in Saint-Louis 350 400 340 330 320 320 310 240 300 XOF/kg XOF/kg 160 290 280 80 270 260 0 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Broken rice: Nominal retail prices in Kaolak Broken rice: Nominal retail prices in Dakar, Tilène 350 350

300 340 330 250 320 200 310 300

XOF/kg 150 XOF/kg 290 100 280 50 270 0 260 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

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