In 2018, Ethiopia's annual estimated postharvest losses were 1,873,801 tonnes for maize, 686,654 tonnes for teff, 658,249 tonnes for sorghum, 673,664 tonnes for wheat. The highest and lowest estimated postharvest loss percentages are 20.0% for maize and 2.3% for oats. The costliest estimated postharvest losses in USD are for teff: over 489 million USD, which corresponds to 1.9% of national agricultural GDP.
Within the value chain the majority of loss is estimated to be happening at household-level storage for maize, at harvesting/field drying for teff, at harvesting/field drying for sorghum, at household-level storage for wheat. Within Ethiopia, the highest postharvest losses in tonnes occur for maize in Oromia, for teff in Oromia, for sorghum in Oromia, for wheat in Oromia. Regarding the nutritional losses, the estimated maize grain lost postharvest could have met the annual energy (kcal) dietary requirements of 7,982,227 people.
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Top 4 crops with the highest production quantity in tonnes.
Maize | Teff | Sorghum | Wheat | |
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Production quantity in tonnes | 9,391,634 tonnes | 5,461,553 tonnes | 5,263,483 tonnes | 4,762,485 tonnes |
Loss % | 20.0% | 12.6% | 12.5% | 14.1% |
Losses in tonnes | 1,873,801 tonnes | 686,654 tonnes | 658,249 tonnes | 673,664 tonnes |
Financial value | > 476 million USD | > 489 million USD | > 187 million USD | > 342 million USD |
% of national agricultural GDP | 1.8% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 1.3% |
# of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop | 7,982,227 people | – | 2,625,921 people | – |
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