South Africa, Barley, 2020

South Africa's estimated postharvest losses for barley in 2020 was 9,312 tonnes or 4.2%.

In the value chain, the majority of the loss is estimated to be happening at Harvesting/field drying, Market storage, and then Transport to market. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Western Cape.

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	313868
2012	298233
2013	266002
2014	219552
2015	219552
2016	219552
2017	219552
2018	219552
2019	219552
2020	219552

Produced	219,552 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	4.2% / 9,312 tonnes

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
95.75874 Production quantity: 219,552 tonnes	4.2 Estimated PHL: 9,312 tonnes

See full postharvest losses data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes ›

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	98 Remaining: 98% Est. PHL: 2%	2 Remaining: 98% Est. PHL: 2%
Household-level storage	98 Remaining: 98% Est. PHL: 0%	0 Remaining: 98% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport to market	97 Remaining: 97% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 97% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	95.7 Remaining: 95.7% Est. PHL: 1.3%	1.3 Remaining: 95.7% Est. PHL: 1.3%

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