In 2020, Mali's annual estimated postharvest losses were 194,354 tonnes for rice, 207,519 tonnes for maize, 111,344 tonnes for millet, 114,643 tonnes for sorghum. The highest and lowest estimated postharvest loss percentages are 15.6% for maize and 8.4% for millet. The costliest estimated postharvest losses in USD are for rice: over 116 million USD.
Within the value chain, for all crops the majority of loss is estimated to be happening at harvesting/field drying. Within Mali, the highest postharvest losses in tonnes occur for rice in Ségou, for maize in Sikasso, for millet in Ségou, for sorghum in Sikasso. Regarding the nutritional losses, the estimated maize grain lost postharvest could have met the annual energy (kcal) dietary requirements of 888,959 people.
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Top 4 crops with the highest production quantity in tonnes.
| Rice | Maize | Millet | Sorghum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production quantity in tonnes | 1,776,241 tonnes | 1,331,654 tonnes | 1,327,070 tonnes | 1,030,763 tonnes |
| Loss % | 10.9% | 15.6% | 8.4% | 11.1% |
| Losses in tonnes | 194,354 tonnes | 207,519 tonnes | 111,344 tonnes | 114,643 tonnes |
| Financial value | > 116 million USD | – | > 32 million USD | > 27 million USD |
| % of national agricultural GDP | – | – | – | – |
| # of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop | 832,564 people | 888,959 people | 497,471 people | 484,068 people |
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