In 2021, Senegal's annual estimated postharvest losses were 157,690 tonnes for rice, 102,072 tonnes for millet, 124,130 tonnes for maize, 43,730 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 101 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 rice in Kolda, for millet in Kaffrine, 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 660,388 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 | 1,349,723 tonnes | 1,144,854 tonnes | 761,882 tonnes | 377,323 tonnes |
Loss % | 11.7% | 8.9% | 16.3% | 11.6% |
Losses in tonnes | 157,690 tonnes | 102,072 tonnes | 124,130 tonnes | 43,730 tonnes |
Financial value | > 101 million USD | > 49 million USD | – | > 16 million USD |
% of national agricultural GDP | – | – | – | – |
# of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop | 660,388 people | 445,840 people | 519,841 people | 180,513 people |
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