Millet Price Trend and Forecast 2026-2027

Sudan remained by far the priciest Millet market tracked, rising just above 5.4% in Q2 2026 to near USD 2.75/KG from about USD 2.61/KG in Q1, and it was ongoing conflict-driven disruption to agricultural production and distribution that kept the market dramatically elevated. The global average climbed from close to USD 0.8875/KG to near USD 0.9150/KG, a gain of roughly 3.1%. As we can see, Sudan's price reflects a genuine humanitarian and food security crisis rather than typical market dynamics, and excluding that outlier, the other three markets tracked here moved only modestly, with the global average likely to run in the USD 0.85 to 1.05/KG range through the second half of the year.

Millet refers to a group of small-seeded cereal grains, including pearl millet, sorghum, and finger millet, grown predominantly in rainfed, semi-arid regions across South Asia and Africa. India stands as the undisputed global leader in both production and consumption, accounting for roughly forty percent of world volume from a production base of approximately thirteen million tons, a figure that quadruples that of the second-largest producing country. Long a staple in rural diets and food security systems, millet has also experienced growing urban demand in recent years as a nutritious, sustainable health food. Because production is concentrated in rainfed agricultural systems, growing-season rainfall, regional political stability affecting agricultural production and distribution, and the balance between traditional dietary demand and growing health-food consumption are what really move the price from quarter to quarter.

Millet Price Forecast for 2026

The conflict affecting Sudan's agricultural production and distribution shows no clear sign of resolving, which points toward continued dramatic elevation in that market through H2 2026, even as the other markets tracked here should follow more typical seasonal patterns. India's massive production scale should continue keeping global average pricing comparatively modest outside of the Sudan outlier.

A further deterioration in Sudan's agricultural conditions could be what pushes that market's prices even higher, with limited ability to forecast given the humanitarian nature of the disruption. A resolution of the underlying conflict, or a particularly strong harvest in India moderating the broader global average, could be what eases pricing pressure instead.

For the Quarter Ending June 2026

Millet Prices Q2 2026:

• Sudan: USD 2.75/KG
• Mali: USD 0.43/KG
• Nigeria: USD 0.25/KG
• India: USD 0.23/KG

Millet Prices in Sudan

Sudan stayed by far the priciest market tracked, with the price moving from about USD 2.61/KG to near USD 2.75/KG, a gain of just above 5.4%. It was continued food security deterioration, tied to the ongoing conflict affecting agricultural production and distribution, that carried the increase.

Why did the price of Millet change in Q2 2026 in Sudan?

Conflict-driven disruption to planting, harvest, and distribution has continued weighing on Sudan's domestic supply, and it is this deterioration, rather than any change in underlying demand, that has kept pricing here dramatically above every other market tracked, reflecting genuine scarcity rather than typical seasonal or trade-driven price movement.

Millet Prices in Mali

The Malian price moved from about USD 0.42/KG to near USD 0.43/KG, a gain of just above 2.4%. It was steady regional demand, together with typical seasonal supply conditions, that carried the modest increase.

Why did the price of Millet change in Q2 2026 in Mali?

Mali's millet market has stayed comparatively stable this year, and it is this stability, reflecting typical seasonal supply and demand patterns in the Sahel region, that stands in sharp contrast to the crisis-driven volatility seen in neighboring Sudan.

Millet Prices in Nigeria

The Nigerian price eased from about USD 0.26/KG to near USD 0.25/KG, a decline of just above 3.8%. It was ample domestic supply, together with typical seasonal demand conditions, that gave the market room to ease.

Why did the price of Millet change in Q2 2026 in Nigeria?

Nigeria's domestic millet production has stayed adequate relative to demand this year, and it is this supply adequacy, combined with typical seasonal consumption patterns, that has kept Nigerian pricing on a gradual downward path, among the most affordable of the markets tracked here.

Millet Prices in India

The Indian price eased from about USD 0.24/KG to near USD 0.23/KG, a decline of just above 4.2%. It was a large domestic harvest, together with India's position as the dominant global producer, that gave the market room to ease further.

Why did the price of Millet change in Q2 2026 in India?

India accounts for roughly forty percent of the world's total millet volume, drawing on a production base that quadruples that of the second-largest producing country, and it is this scale, combined with steady government-supported cultivation, that has kept Indian domestic pricing on a gradual downward path even as urban demand for the grain grows as a health food.

For the Quarter Ending March 2026

Millet Prices Q1 2026:

• Sudan: USD 2.61/KG
• Mali: USD 0.42/KG
• Nigeria: USD 0.26/KG
• India: USD 0.24/KG

Millet Prices in Sudan

The price reached close to USD 2.61/KG in Q1 2026, a rise of just above 13.5% from Q4 2025. It was continued conflict-driven disruption to agricultural production and distribution networks that pushed the market sharply higher.

Why did the price of Millet change in Q1 2026 in Sudan?

The conflict affecting Sudan has continued disrupting both planting and harvest cycles as well as the distribution networks that move grain to markets, and it was this compounding disruption, rather than any single new development, that drove one of the sharpest quarterly increases recorded across this entire pipeline of tracked commodities.

Millet Prices in Mali

The price reached close to USD 0.42/KG in Q1 2026, a rise of just above 3.7% from Q4 2025. It was steady demand from regional consumption, together with typical seasonal supply conditions, that pushed the market modestly higher.

Why did the price of Millet change in Q1 2026 in Mali?

Regional demand held its usual steady pace entering the year, and it was this consistency, meeting typical seasonal supply conditions across the Sahel growing region, that drove the modest Malian increase.

Millet Prices in Nigeria

The price eased to close to USD 0.26/KG in Q1 2026, a decline of just above 1.9% from Q4 2025. It was ample domestic supply, together with typical seasonal demand conditions, that gave the market room to ease.

Why did the price of Millet change in Q1 2026 in Nigeria?

Domestic supply stayed ample entering the year, and it was this adequacy, meeting typical seasonal demand patterns, that let Nigerian pricing ease modestly through the quarter.

Millet Prices in India

The price eased to close to USD 0.24/KG in Q1 2026, a decline of just above 4.0% from Q4 2025. It was ample domestic harvest supply, together with steady demand, that gave the market room to ease.

Why did the price of Millet change in Q1 2026 in India?

The domestic harvest came in ample relative to demand this quarter, and it was this supply adequacy, meeting steady consumption from both traditional rural diets and growing urban health-food demand, that let Indian pricing ease modestly.

Quarterly Millet Price Trends

This market moved unevenly through 2025 before Sudan's crisis dramatically widened the range in 2026. Close to USD 0.68/KG in Q1 2025 rose to about USD 0.75/KG, near USD 0.82/KG, and eased to close to USD 0.80/KG by Q4, before jumping to about USD 0.8875/KG in Q1 2026 and near USD 0.9150/KG in Q2 as Sudan's conflict-driven pricing pulled the average sharply higher. That is a rise of roughly 34.6% across the full window.

What was Millet Price in 2025?

It was ongoing conflict disrupting Sudan's agricultural production and distribution, pulling that market's price up dramatically, that drove most of the 2025 movement in the global average, even as India, Mali, and Nigeria moved on their more typical seasonal patterns. The global average opened near USD 0.68/KG in Q1 and climbed to close to USD 0.80/KG by Q4, a rise of just above 17.6% for the year, masking the sharp divergence between Sudan's crisis and the comparative stability elsewhere.

Millet Prices in Sudan in 2025

Sudan's price climbed from about USD 1.80/KG in Q1 2025 to near USD 2.30/KG by Q4, a rise of just above 27.8% for the year, an extraordinary move even before the further acceleration into 2026. It was ongoing conflict disrupting agricultural production and distribution that drove this dramatic climb through 2025, a pattern distinct from every other market tracked here, where prices moved gradually rather than in response to a genuine humanitarian crisis.

Millet Prices in Mali in 2025

Mali's price climbed from about USD 0.38/KG in Q1 2025 to near USD 0.40/KG by Q4, a rise of just above 5.3% for the year. It was steady regional demand that drove the gradual climb through 2025, consistent with the typical seasonal patterns that have long characterized this market.

Millet Prices in Nigeria in 2025

Nigeria's price eased from about USD 0.27/KG in Q1 2025 to near USD 0.26/KG by Q4, a decline of just above 3.7% for the year. It was ample domestic supply, meeting steady but unremarkable demand, that defined the gradual softening through 2025.

Millet Prices in India in 2025

India's price eased from about USD 0.27/KG in Q1 2025 to near USD 0.25/KG by Q4, a decline of just above 7.4% for the year. It was India's massive production scale, as the world's dominant millet producer accounting for roughly forty percent of global volume, meeting demand that has not kept pace with supply growth, that drove the gradual softening through 2025 and into the following year.

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