MIS & REGULATION OF AGRICULTURALMARKETS IN SENEGAL:

The ‘‘Agence de Régulation des Marchés’’ case

Idrissa WADE

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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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 enabledecision makers to have information on the status ofmarkets, and

facilitate a discussion involving actors of agriculturalcommodity supply chains.

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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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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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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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CADRE NATIONAL DE CONCERTATIONET 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 Contrôle: Information 11

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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CADRE NATIONAL DE CONCERTATIONET 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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Year 2003 2007Production (tonnes 70 000 120 000Price (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.