In 2021, Uganda's annual estimated postharvest losses were 382,418 tonnes for maize, 44,143 tonnes for millet, 43,524 tonnes for rice, 38,485 tonnes for sorghum. The highest and lowest estimated postharvest loss percentages are 16.4% for maize and 12.3% for millet. The costliest estimated postharvest losses in USD are for maize: over 89 million USD.
Within the value chain, for all crops the majority of loss is estimated to be happening at harvesting/field drying. Within Uganda, the highest postharvest losses in tonnes occur for maize in Eastern, for millet in Eastern, for rice in Western, for sorghum in Northern. Regarding the nutritional losses, the estimated maize grain lost postharvest could have met the annual energy (kcal) dietary requirements of 1,699,975 people.
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Top 4 crops with the highest production quantity in tonnes.
| Maize | Millet | Rice | Sorghum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production quantity in tonnes | 2,337,473 tonnes | 359,081 tonnes | 326,344 tonnes | 304,875 tonnes |
| Loss % | 16.4% | 12.3% | 13.3% | 12.6% |
| Losses in tonnes | 382,418 tonnes | 44,143 tonnes | 43,524 tonnes | 38,485 tonnes |
| Financial value | > 89 million USD | – | > 27 million USD | – |
| % of national agricultural GDP | – | – | – | – |
| # of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop | 1,699,975 people | 177,800 people | 191,342 people | 160,207 people |
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