In 2021, Mauritania's annual estimated postharvest losses were 10,958 tonnes for rice, 10,468 tonnes for sorghum, 2,848 tonnes for maize, 444 tonnes for millet. The highest and lowest estimated postharvest loss percentages are 17.2% for maize and 8.8% for millet. The costliest estimated postharvest losses in USD are for rice: over 12 million USD.
Within the value chain, for all crops the majority of loss is estimated to be happening at harvesting/field drying. Within Mauritania, the highest postharvest losses in tonnes occur for rice in Trarza, for sorghum in Hodh ech Chargui, for maize in Gorgol, for millet in Hodh ech Chargui. Regarding the nutritional losses, the estimated rice grain lost postharvest could have met the annual energy (kcal) dietary requirements of 45,057 people.
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Top 4 crops with the highest production quantity in tonnes.
| Rice | Sorghum | Maize | Millet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production quantity in tonnes | 100,214 tonnes | 85,761 tonnes | 16,565 tonnes | 5,025 tonnes |
| Loss % | 10.9% | 12.2% | 17.2% | 8.8% |
| Losses in tonnes | 10,958 tonnes | 10,468 tonnes | 2,848 tonnes | 444 tonnes |
| Financial value | > 12 million USD | – | – | – |
| % of national agricultural GDP | – | – | – | – |
| # of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop | 45,057 people | 42,425 people | 11,711 people | 1,905 people |
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