In 2020, Niger's annual estimated postharvest losses were 302,637 tonnes for millet, 260,835 tonnes for sorghum, 22,013 tonnes for rice, 8,294 tonnes for maize. The highest and lowest estimated postharvest loss percentages are 17.2% for maize and 8.6% for millet. The costliest estimated postharvest losses in USD are for millet: over 121 million USD.
Within the value chain, for all crops the majority of loss is estimated to be happening at harvesting/field drying. Within Niger, the highest postharvest losses in tonnes occur for millet in Maradi, for sorghum in Maradi, for rice in Tillabéri, for maize in Tahoua. Regarding the nutritional losses, the estimated millet grain lost postharvest could have met the annual energy (kcal) dietary requirements of 1,377,955 people.
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Top 4 crops with the highest production quantity in tonnes.
| Millet | Sorghum | Rice | Maize | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production quantity in tonnes | 3,510,472 tonnes | 2,136,884 tonnes | 201,308 tonnes | 48,239 tonnes |
| Loss % | 8.6% | 12.2% | 10.9% | 17.2% |
| Losses in tonnes | 302,637 tonnes | 260,835 tonnes | 22,013 tonnes | 8,294 tonnes |
| Financial value | > 121 million USD | > 86 million USD | > 16 million USD | > 2 million USD |
| % of national agricultural GDP | – | – | – | – |
| # of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop | 1,377,955 people | 1,122,370 people | 96,098 people | 36,209 people |
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