Senegal, Millet, 2018

Senegal's estimated postharvest losses for millet in 2018 was 83,128 tonnes or 8.8% which had an estimated value of more than 36 million US dollar, which corresponds to 1.0% of national agricultural GDP.

As for nutrition 302 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 363 thousand 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, Market storage, and then Transport from field. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Fatick.

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	615655
2012	480762
2013	662615
2014	564846
2015	408995
2016	749873
2017	698642
2018	940549
2019	827620
2020	751306

Produced	940,549 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	8.8% / 83,128 tonnes / > 36 million USD

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
91.16172 Production quantity: 940,549 tonnes	8.8 Estimated PHL: 83,128 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	96.5 Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%	3.5 Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%
Threshing and Shelling	94.5 Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%	2 Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%
Winnowing	94.16906 Remaining: 94.16906% Est. PHL: 0.33094%	0.33094 Remaining: 94.16906% Est. PHL: 0.33094%
Transport from field	91.66906 Remaining: 91.66906% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 91.66906% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage	91.19297 Remaining: 91.19297% Est. PHL: 0.47609%	0.47609 Remaining: 91.19297% Est. PHL: 0.47609%
Transport to market	90.19297 Remaining: 90.19297% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 90.19297% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	87.54297 Remaining: 87.54297% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 87.54297% Est. PHL: 2.65%

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

Nutrition

Number of people whose annual dietary requirements (in terms of energy, kcal) could have been met by consuming the millet that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.

Total number

363,095

people, 2.2%

Children 1-3

840,777

children, 53.4%

Pregnant women 19-30

304,334

women, 205.9%

Men 31-50

269,420

men, 17.9%

See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›