The document discusses government intervention in Senegal's agricultural markets and the creation of the Agence de Régulation des Marchés (ARM). [1] It outlines the evolution from state monopoly to liberalization with regulatory information and policy discussions between stakeholders. [2] The ARM was established in 2002 as an autonomous administrative structure to monitor market prices, facilitate discussions between actors, and support new commodities like onion, potato, banana, and rice. [3] It regulates markets through an interprofessional body representing producers, processors, traders, consumers, and public institutions.

1. MIS & REGULATION OF AGRICULTURAL
MARKETS IN SENEGAL:
The ‘‘Agence de Régulation des Marchés’’
case
Idrissa WADE

2. EVOLUTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN AGRICULTURE
 Before 1995: Monopoly
 State monopoly on rice distribution and importation
 In 1995: Regulation through information
 Liberalization but
 Creation of MIS :“Cellule de Gestion et de Surveillance des
Marchés du Riz’’
 In 2002: Regulation through policy discussion
between policy makers and commodity associations
 ARM created for this instance
 Support of new products: onion, potato, banana, rice, millet
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3. PRESENTATION OF ARM
 Autonomous administrative structure under the
technical supervision of the Ministry of Trade
 Objectives:
 monitoring markets prices evolution, particularly
through an alert and information system that enable
decision makers to have information on the status of
markets, and
 facilitate a discussion involving actors of agricultural
commodity supply chains.
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4. REGULATION SYSTEM
 Inter-professional body includes representatives
of :
 Producers
 Manufacturers
 Financial institutions, input suppliers, agricultural service
providers
 Traders
 Consumers,
 Public institutions and development agencies
 MIS covers up the entire country with:
 174 permanent markets and
 182 weekly markets
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5. ONION CASE
 Onion first rank of the CUMAR
 In 2009:
 Sup. 5100 ha and a prod. 82.300 T [DH, 2007]
 principal consumed vegetable:
 20% of the vegetable total expenditure
 6 kg/per capita/year in 1990 to 14 kg/per capita/year in 2007
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10. RELEASE ELEMENT :
COMPETITION OF IMPORTED ONION
 1999: Overproduction
 February : under 50 FCFA ( >100 FCFA year before)
 Creation a committee with assistance SAED
(development agency)
 Measures
 price min 100 FCFA
 Fixing of quotas
 Control trucks
 beginning of May: raise prices 80-100 FCFA
 At the end of May: lower prices
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11. CADRE NATIONAL DE CONCERTATION
ET DE SUIVI
 OIP:
cadre regroupant des groupes d’acteurs d’une filière
ayant établis des concertations, des contrats ou
des coordinations
 Activité essentielle : Elaborer des accords
 Point clé du respect des accords (Ménard, 2003)
 Enforceability: capacité d'implémenter ex -ante des
règles et des procédures de mise en œuvre réalisables
 Enforcement: dispositifs nécessaires pour rendre
ces règles opérationnelles ex –post
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 Contrôle: Information

12.  Producers:
 APOV, AUMN, ANDH, UJAK, APPN, ONAPES
 Traders:
 UNACOIS et UNACOIS/DEF
 Consumers
 Public institutions and development agencies
 DCI, DCE, DPV, Douane, DH, SAED
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13. CADRE NATIONAL DE CONCERTATION
ET DE SUIVI
 prior to the signature of the agreement many
activities, such as value chain diagnosis,
consultation roundtables, and strategy and action
plan definition, among others, are carried out
 Agreements :
 Restriction period
 Price charter
 Execution of agreements
 Stop of delivery
 prior approvals and inspection statements by the DPV
 Importation statement by the DCI
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14. Year 2003 2007
Production (tonnes 70 000 120 000
Price (F CFA/kg) 75-100 125-175
•necessary government intervention to ensure the effectiveness
of agreements
•possibility of the emergence of collective strategies for a
concerted regulation of agricultural markets in connection with
the government.
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