In 2018, Senegal's annual estimated postharvest losses were 116,609 tonnes for rice, 83,128 tonnes for millet, 68,016 tonnes for maize, 26,186 tonnes for sorghum. The highest and lowest estimated postharvest loss percentages are 16.3% for maize and 8.8% for millet. The costliest estimated postharvest losses in USD are for rice: over 75 million USD, which corresponds to 2.2% of national agricultural GDP.
Within the value chain, for all crops the majority of loss is estimated to be happening at harvesting/field drying. Within Senegal, the highest postharvest losses in tonnes occur for rice in Saint-Louis, for millet in Fatick, for maize in Kolda, for sorghum in Kaffrine. Regarding the nutritional losses, the estimated rice grain lost postharvest could have met the annual energy (kcal) dietary requirements of 488,344 people.
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Top 4 crops with the highest production quantity in tonnes.
Rice | Millet | Maize | Sorghum | |
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Production quantity in tonnes | 1,007,279 tonnes | 940,549 tonnes | 417,261 tonnes | 225,866 tonnes |
Loss % | 11.6% | 8.8% | 16.3% | 11.6% |
Losses in tonnes | 116,609 tonnes | 83,128 tonnes | 68,016 tonnes | 26,186 tonnes |
Financial value | > 75 million USD | > 36 million USD | – | > 12 million USD |
% of national agricultural GDP | 2.2% | 1.0% | – | 0.4% |
# of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop | 488,344 people | 363,095 people | 284,845 people | 108,094 people |
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