In 2021, Sierra Leone's annual estimated postharvest losses were 103,118 tonnes for rice, 4,393 tonnes for maize. The highest and lowest estimated postharvest loss percentages are 17.0% for maize and 12.6% for rice. The costliest estimated postharvest losses in USD are for rice: over 112 million USD.
Within the value chain, for all crops the majority of loss is estimated to be happening at harvesting/field drying. Within Sierra Leone, the highest postharvest losses in tonnes occur for rice in Northern, for maize in Northern. Regarding the nutritional losses, the estimated rice grain lost postharvest could have met the annual energy (kcal) dietary requirements of 427,384 people.
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Top 2 crops with the highest production quantity in tonnes.
| Rice | Maize | |
|---|---|---|
| Production quantity in tonnes | 819,089 tonnes | 25,800 tonnes |
| Loss % | 12.6% | 17.0% |
| Losses in tonnes | 103,118 tonnes | 4,393 tonnes |
| Financial value | > 112 million USD | – |
| % of national agricultural GDP | – | – |
| # of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop | 427,384 people | 18,207 people |
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