In 2018, Sudan's annual estimated postharvest losses were 663,414 tonnes for sorghum, 233,975 tonnes for millet, 90,098 tonnes for wheat. The highest and lowest estimated postharvest loss percentages are 12.9% for wheat and 8.8% for millet. The costliest estimated postharvest losses in USD are for sorghum: over 292 million USD, which corresponds to 5.4% of national agricultural GDP.
Within the value chain, for all crops the majority of loss is estimated to be happening at harvesting/field drying. Within Sudan, the highest postharvest losses in tonnes occur for sorghum in Blue Nile, for millet in Darfur, for wheat in Blue Nile. Regarding the nutritional losses, the estimated sorghum grain lost postharvest could have met the annual energy (kcal) dietary requirements of 2,653,932 people.
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Top 3 crops with the highest production quantity in tonnes.
| Sorghum | Millet | Wheat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production quantity in tonnes | 5,435,000 tonnes | 2,647,000 tonnes | 700,000 tonnes |
| Loss % | 12.2% | 8.8% | 12.9% |
| Losses in tonnes | 663,414 tonnes | 233,975 tonnes | 90,098 tonnes |
| Financial value | > 292 million USD | > 182 million USD | > 62 million USD |
| % of national agricultural GDP | 5.4% | 3.4% | 1.2% |
| # of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop | 2,653,932 people | 905,625 people | – |
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