Ethiopia, Wheat, 2017

Ethiopia's estimated postharvest losses for wheat in 2017 was 648,671 tonnes or 14.2% which had an estimated value of more than 259 million US dollar, which corresponds to 0.9% of national agricultural GDP.

In the value chain, the majority of the loss is estimated to be happening at Household-level storage, Harvesting/field drying, and then Threshing and Shelling. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Oromia.

To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.

Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses

Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)

2011–2021
2011	2992218
2012	2939253
2013	3466869
2014	3988796
2015	4271131
2016	4272358
2017	4574004
2018	4762485
2019	4343027
2020	4343027

Produced	4,574,004 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	14.2% / 648,671 tonnes / > 259 million USD

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
85.8183 Production quantity: 4,574,004 tonnes	14.2 Estimated PHL: 648,671 tonnes

See full postharvest losses data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes › | USD ›

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.

Estimated % of crop left
Estimated % of crop lost

	Amount remaining(%)	Estimated postharvest loss(%)
Production	100 Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%	0 Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%
Harvesting/field drying	95.56667 Remaining: 95.56667% Est. PHL: 4.43333%	4.43333 Remaining: 95.56667% Est. PHL: 4.43333%
Threshing and Shelling	92.06667 Remaining: 92.06667% Est. PHL: 3.5%	3.5 Remaining: 92.06667% Est. PHL: 3.5%
Winnowing	92.06667 Remaining: 92.06667% Est. PHL: 0%	0 Remaining: 92.06667% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field	89.56667 Remaining: 89.56667% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 89.56667% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage	84.77186 Remaining: 84.77186% Est. PHL: 4.79481%	4.79481 Remaining: 84.77186% Est. PHL: 4.79481%
Transport to market	83.77186 Remaining: 83.77186% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 83.77186% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	81.12186 Remaining: 81.12186% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 81.12186% Est. PHL: 2.65%

See full value chain data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes › | USD ›