Liberia, All cereals, 2020

In 2020, Liberia's annual estimated postharvest losses were 31,488 tonnes for rice. The costliest estimated postharvest losses in USD are for rice: over 18 million USD.

Within the value chain, for rice the majority of loss is estimated to be happening at harvesting/field drying. Within Liberia, the highest postharvest losses in tonnes occur for rice in Nimba. Regarding the nutritional losses, the estimated rice grain lost postharvest could have met the annual energy (kcal) dietary requirements of 130,341 people.

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

APHLIS postharvest loss estimates in Liberia in 2020

Rice
Production quantity in tonnes 277,365 tonnes
Loss % 11.4%
Losses in tonnes 31,488 tonnes
Financial value > 18 million USD
% of national agricultural GDP –
# of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop 130,341 people

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Postharvest loss estimates per value chain step

  • Estimated % of crop left at this value chain stage
  • Estimated % of crop lost at this value chain stage
Harvesting/field drying
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Rice 95.60 Crop left: 95.60% 4.4 Estimated PHL: 4.4%
Further drying
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Rice 0 No data for this crop 0 No data for this crop
Threshing and Shelling
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Rice 92.46 Crop left: 92.46% 3.1 Estimated PHL: 3.1%
Winnowing
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Rice 89.96 Crop left: 89.96% 2.5 Estimated PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Rice 88.71 Crop left: 88.71% 1.3 Estimated PHL: 1.3%
Household-level storage
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Rice 88.14 Crop left: 88.14% 0.6 Estimated PHL: 0.6%
Transport to market
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Rice 88.14 Crop left: 88.14% 0.0 Estimated PHL: 0.0%
Market storage
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Rice 88.14 Crop left: 88.14% 0.0 Estimated PHL: 0.0%

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