Ghana's estimated postharvest losses for maize in 2017 was 360,029 tonnes or 18.0% which had an estimated value of more than 120 million US dollar, which corresponds to 1.0% of national agricultural GDP.
As for nutrition 1,256 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 1 million 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, Household-level storage, and then Further drying. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Eastern.
To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.
| Produced | 2,003,109 tonnes |
|---|---|
| Estimated postharvest losses | 18.0% / 360,029 tonnes / > 120 million USD |
See full postharvest losses data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes › | USD ›
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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Number of people whose annual dietary requirements (in terms of energy, kcal) could have been met by consuming the maize that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.
1,470,835
people, 5.0%
3,491,345
children, 139.9%
1,263,754
women, 594.3%
1,118,773
men, 36.1%
See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›