In 2017, Ethiopia's annual estimated postharvest losses were 1,751,587 tonnes for maize, 641,287 tonnes for teff, 598,826 tonnes for sorghum, 648,671 tonnes for wheat. The highest and lowest estimated postharvest loss percentages are 19.9% for maize and 2.2% for oats. The costliest estimated postharvest losses in USD are for maize: over 502 million USD, which corresponds to 1.8% of national agricultural GDP.
Within the value chain the majority of loss is estimated to be happening at household-level storage for maize, at harvesting/field drying for teff, at harvesting/field drying for sorghum, at household-level storage for wheat. Within Ethiopia, the highest postharvest losses in tonnes occur for maize in Oromia, for teff in Oromia, for sorghum in Oromia, for wheat in Oromia. Regarding the nutritional losses, the estimated maize grain lost postharvest could have met the annual energy (kcal) dietary requirements of 7,461,607 people.
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Top 4 crops with the highest production quantity in tonnes.
Maize | Teff | Sorghum | Wheat | |
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Production quantity in tonnes | 8,806,174 tonnes | 5,131,753 tonnes | 4,786,205 tonnes | 4,574,004 tonnes |
Loss % | 19.9% | 12.5% | 12.5% | 14.2% |
Losses in tonnes | 1,751,587 tonnes | 641,287 tonnes | 598,826 tonnes | 648,671 tonnes |
Financial value | > 502 million USD | > 480 million USD | > 152 million USD | > 259 million USD |
% of national agricultural GDP | 1.8% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 0.9% |
# of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop | 7,461,607 people | – | 2,388,869 people | – |
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