Mali 2024/25 grains output seen rising 12.1%, ministry says

Mali expects to produce 11.1 million metric tons of grains in the 2024/25 farming season, 12.1% more than provisional data provided for the previous season, the West African country's agriculture ministry said on Wednesday.

Mali expects to produce 11.1 million metric tons of grains in the 2024/25 farming season, 12.1% more than provisional data provided for the previous season, the West African country's agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. Mali is the region's second-biggest grain producer after Nigeria and exports crops to neighbouring countries.

It produced 9.9 million tons in the 2023/24 farming season, according to provisional data provided in March by Prime Minister Choguel Maiga. The forecast increase will depend on abundant and well-distributed rainfall, the ministry said in its plan for the season.

It also said it expects to produce 765,000 tons of seed cotton in the 2024-2025 season, up 11% from the 690,000 tons of seed cotton forecast for the previous season. Junta leader Assimi Goita announced an increase in cotton producer purchase prices to 300 CFA franc ($0.49) per kilogramme (kg) from 295 CFA franc per kg, speaking on state radio on Wednesday.

He also said subsidies on inputs would be renewed, bringing the price of a 50 kg bag of mineral fertiliser down to 14,000 CFA francs from 19,000 CFA francs. Mali's agricultural season runs from April to April.

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