Zambia, Barley, 2018

Zambia's estimated postharvest losses for barley in 2018 was 308 tonnes or 3.9%.

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 Copperbelt.

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	10677
2012	15295
2013	11530
2014	8431
2015	7360
2016	10245
2017	9243
2018	7815
2019	9378
2020	9378

Produced	7,815 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	3.9% / 308 tonnes

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
96.05688 Production quantity: 7,815 tonnes	3.9 Estimated PHL: 308 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	97.2 Remaining: 97.2% Est. PHL: 0.8%	0.8 Remaining: 97.2% Est. PHL: 0.8%
Transport to market	96.2 Remaining: 96.2% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 96.2% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	94.9 Remaining: 94.9% Est. PHL: 1.3%	1.3 Remaining: 94.9% Est. PHL: 1.3%

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