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Senegal pegs 2024 groundnut price at D35,075

Nov 27, 2024, 10:35 AM

It's now official. The government of Senegal has set the floor price of a kilogram of peanuts at 280 CFA francs for the 2023-2024 harvest marketing campaign, the start of which is scheduled for November 30, 2023, Ousman Sonko prime minister of Senegal announced yesterday. He added that the price of groundnut this year is D35,075 .

During the interministerial council devoted to the peanut marketing campaign (2024-2025), the government set the price of a kilogram of peanut at 305 CFA francs. The announcement was made by PM Ousmane Sonko.

It should be recalled that last year price of groundnut in Senegal was D29,120 per tonne. The Gambian’s price for groundnut is the same as last year, D 38,000 per tonne.