Côte d'Ivoire, Rice, 2006

Côte d'Ivoire's estimated postharvest losses for rice in 2006 was 85,289 tonnes or 11.9%.

As for nutrition 297 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 355 thousand people, in terms of annual nutritional dietary energy requirements. In the value chain, the majority of the loss is estimated to be happening at Harvesting/field drying, Threshing and Shelling, and then Winnowing. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Savanes.

Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses

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Value chain

Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses in % per value chain step. Please note that once loss has occurred at harvesting, the percentage loss in the next stage is a percentage of what remained, not of the original amount.

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Nutrition

Number of people whose annual dietary requirements (in terms of energy, kcal) could have been met by consuming the rice that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.

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