In 2021, Chad's annual estimated postharvest losses were 93,668 tonnes for sorghum, 48,433 tonnes for millet, 39,569 tonnes for maize, 20,705 tonnes for rice. The highest and lowest estimated postharvest loss percentages are 15.4% for maize and 8.6% for millet. The costliest estimated postharvest losses in USD are for sorghum: over 35 million USD.
Within the value chain, for all crops the majority of loss is estimated to be happening at harvesting/field drying. Within Chad, the highest postharvest losses in tonnes occur for sorghum in Sila, for millet in Ouaddaï, for maize in Lac, for rice in Mayo-Kebbi-Est. Regarding the nutritional losses, the estimated sorghum grain lost postharvest could have met the annual energy (kcal) dietary requirements of 394,119 people.
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Top 4 crops with the highest production quantity in tonnes.
Sorghum | Millet | Maize | Rice | |
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Production quantity in tonnes | 832,846 tonnes | 561,912 tonnes | 257,640 tonnes | 179,405 tonnes |
Loss % | 11.2% | 8.6% | 15.4% | 11.5% |
Losses in tonnes | 93,668 tonnes | 48,433 tonnes | 39,569 tonnes | 20,705 tonnes |
Financial value | > 35 million USD | > 25 million USD | > 18 million USD | > 15 million USD |
% of national agricultural GDP | – | – | – | – |
# of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop | 394,119 people | 215,636 people | 168,910 people | 88,387 people |
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