AreaBenin

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date01/04/2012

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentFood subsidies

DescriptionLaunched a subsidized sales programme for rice and maize. The initiative will see close to 3 000 tonnes of domestically produced rice from public reserves sold to vulnerable groups at a subsidized price of FCFA 200 per kg (USD 0.4 per kg).

NotesExchange rate as of 1 April 2012