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Backup Distributors, processors and producers each capture similar share of the margin on 1kg of semi-luxurious white rice Cost and margin distribution (in FCFA/kg of white rice) Distribution of total margin 30% 35% 35% 26 30 30 22 48 370 214 · Agreed retail price Distributor margin Processor Producer Distribution margin margin costs Processing Raw material costs costs Distributors Processors Producers Costs 1. Distribution costs include transport, handling, storage and taxes 2. Processing costs include cleaning, drying, storage, electricity, water, labour, packaging 3. Raw material costs include intrants, cleaning, spraying, harvesting, drying, transport to processing units Source: University of Montpellier; SNDR 2020-2030; WFP (2018) Main stakeholders of the rice value chain have decided to fix the price of 1 Kg to be between 350 and 400 FCFA to stay competitive with imported rice whose price is between 450 and 475 FCFA. The net share of total margin in final retail price is 23% in Côte d'Ivoire, a value significantly lower than the one in Senegal (35.4 to 43.9%) In the long-run, the value chain would gain from the introduction of high-quality seeds and farming machinery 122

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