Zambia's estimated postharvest losses for maize in 2008 was 193,306 tonnes or 16.9% which had an estimated value of more than 59 million US dollar, which corresponds to 2.9% of national agricultural GDP.
As for nutrition 670 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 810 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, Household-level storage, and then Further drying. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Central.
To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.
| Produced | 1,145,036 tonnes |
|---|---|
| Estimated postharvest losses | 16.9% / 193,306 tonnes / > 59 million USD |
See full postharvest losses data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes › | USD ›
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.
See full value chain data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes › | USD ›
Number of people whose annual dietary requirements (in terms of energy, kcal) could have been met by consuming the maize that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.
810,398
people, 4.6%
1,863,828
children, 105.3%
674,645
women, 610.6%
597,249
men, 37.2%
See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›