Senegal, All cereals, 2020

In 2020, Senegal's annual estimated postharvest losses were 66,715 tonnes for millet, 68,207 tonnes for rice, 55,218 tonnes for maize, 21,801 tonnes for sorghum. The highest and lowest estimated postharvest loss percentages are 16.3% for maize and 8.9% for millet. The costliest estimated postharvest losses in USD are for rice: over 41 million USD.

Within the value chain, for all crops the majority of loss is estimated to be happening at harvesting/field drying. Within Senegal, the highest postharvest losses in tonnes occur for millet in Kaffrine, for rice in Saint-Louis, for maize in Kolda, for sorghum in Tambacounda. Regarding the nutritional losses, the estimated millet grain lost postharvest could have met the annual energy (kcal) dietary requirements of 291,405 people.

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

APHLIS postharvest loss estimates in Senegal in 2020

Top 4 crops with the highest production quantity in tonnes.

Millet Rice Maize Sorghum
Production quantity in tonnes 751,306 tonnes 587,527 tonnes 339,699 tonnes 188,367 tonnes
Loss % 8.9% 11.6% 16.3% 11.6%
Losses in tonnes 66,715 tonnes 68,207 tonnes 55,218 tonnes 21,801 tonnes
Financial value > 32 million USD > 41 million USD – > 8 million USD
% of national agricultural GDP – – – –
# of people whose annual energy (kcal) requirements could have been met by the lost crop 291,405 people 285,643 people 231,245 people 89,991 people

See full postharvest losses data tables with loss percentage › | losses in tonnes › | losses in USD › | nutritional losses ›

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
Millet 96.50 Crop left: 96.50% 3.5 Estimated PHL: 3.5%
Rice 95.60 Crop left: 95.60% 4.4 Estimated PHL: 4.4%
Maize 93.58 Crop left: 93.58% 6.4 Estimated PHL: 6.4%
Sorghum 95.45 Crop left: 95.45% 4.6 Estimated PHL: 4.6%
Further drying
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Millet 0 No data for this crop 0 No data for this crop
Rice 0 No data for this crop 0 No data for this crop
Maize 89.58 Crop left: 89.58% 4.0 Estimated PHL: 4.0%
Sorghum 0 No data for this crop 0 No data for this crop
Threshing and Shelling
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Millet 94.50 Crop left: 94.50% 2.0 Estimated PHL: 2.0%
Rice 92.46 Crop left: 92.46% 3.1 Estimated PHL: 3.1%
Maize 88.26 Crop left: 88.26% 1.3 Estimated PHL: 1.3%
Sorghum 91.85 Crop left: 91.85% 3.6 Estimated PHL: 3.6%
Winnowing
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Millet 94.11 Crop left: 94.11% 0.4 Estimated PHL: 0.4%
Rice 89.96 Crop left: 89.96% 2.5 Estimated PHL: 2.5%
Maize 0 No data for this crop 0 No data for this crop
Sorghum 91.85 Crop left: 91.85% 0.0 Estimated PHL: 0.0%
Transport from field
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Millet 91.61 Crop left: 91.61% 2.5 Estimated PHL: 2.5%
Rice 88.71 Crop left: 88.71% 1.3 Estimated PHL: 1.3%
Maize 85.87 Crop left: 85.87% 2.4 Estimated PHL: 2.4%
Sorghum 89.68 Crop left: 89.68% 2.2 Estimated PHL: 2.2%
Household-level storage
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Millet 91.13 Crop left: 91.13% 0.5 Estimated PHL: 0.5%
Rice 88.28 Crop left: 88.28% 0.4 Estimated PHL: 0.4%
Maize 82.78 Crop left: 82.78% 3.1 Estimated PHL: 3.1%
Sorghum 88.10 Crop left: 88.10% 1.6 Estimated PHL: 1.6%
Transport to market
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Millet 90.13 Crop left: 90.13% 1.0 Estimated PHL: 1.0%
Rice 87.28 Crop left: 87.28% 1.0 Estimated PHL: 1.0%
Maize 81.13 Crop left: 81.13% 1.7 Estimated PHL: 1.7%
Sorghum 87.10 Crop left: 87.10% 1.0 Estimated PHL: 1.0%
Market storage
Crop Estimated % of crop left Estimated % of crop lost
Millet 87.48 Crop left: 87.48% 2.7 Estimated PHL: 2.7%
Rice 84.63 Crop left: 84.63% 2.7 Estimated PHL: 2.7%
Maize 78.48 Crop left: 78.48% 2.7 Estimated PHL: 2.7%
Sorghum 84.45 Crop left: 84.45% 2.7 Estimated PHL: 2.7%

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