In 2020, Senegal's annual estimated postharvest losses were 66,715 tonnes for millet, 68,207 tonnes for rice, 55,218 tonnes for maize, 21,801 tonnes for sorghum. The highest and lowest estimated postharvest loss percentages are 16.3% for maize and 8.9% for millet. The costliest estimated postharvest losses in USD are for rice: over 41 million USD.
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 millet in Kaffrine, for rice in Saint-Louis, for maize in Kolda, for sorghum in Tambacounda. Regarding the nutritional losses, the estimated millet grain lost postharvest could have met the annual energy (kcal) dietary requirements of 291,405 people.
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Top 4 crops with the highest production quantity in tonnes.
| Millet | Rice | Maize | Sorghum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production quantity in tonnes | 751,306 tonnes | 587,527 tonnes | 339,699 tonnes | 188,367 tonnes |
| Loss % | 8.9% | 11.6% | 16.3% | 11.6% |
| Losses in tonnes | 66,715 tonnes | 68,207 tonnes | 55,218 tonnes | 21,801 tonnes |
| Financial value | > 32 million USD | > 41 million USD | – | > 8 million USD |
| % of national agricultural GDP | – | – | – | – |
| # of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop | 291,405 people | 285,643 people | 231,245 people | 89,991 people |
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