In 2020, Guinea's annual estimated postharvest losses were 293,008 tonnes for rice, 142,612 tonnes for maize, 56,393 tonnes for fonio, 31,145 tonnes for sorghum. The highest and lowest estimated postharvest loss percentages are 18.0% for maize and 11.7% for fonio. The costliest estimated postharvest losses in USD are for rice: over 282 million USD.
Within the value chain, for all crops the majority of loss is estimated to be happening at harvesting/field drying. Within Guinea, the highest postharvest losses in tonnes occur for rice in Kankan, for maize in Labé, for fonio in Labé, for sorghum in Kankan. Regarding the nutritional losses, the estimated rice grain lost postharvest could have met the annual energy (kcal) dietary requirements of 1,217,552 people.
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Top 4 crops with the highest production quantity in tonnes.
Rice | Maize | Fonio | Sorghum | |
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Production quantity in tonnes | 2,459,014 tonnes | 792,509 tonnes | 480,305 tonnes | 251,064 tonnes |
Loss % | 11.9% | 18.0% | 11.7% | 12.4% |
Losses in tonnes | 293,008 tonnes | 142,612 tonnes | 56,393 tonnes | 31,145 tonnes |
Financial value | > 282 million USD | – | – | – |
% of national agricultural GDP | – | – | – | – |
# of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop | 1,217,552 people | 592,605 people | – | 127,566 people |
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