Guinea's estimated postharvest losses for rice in 2015 was 243,957 tonnes or 11.9% which had an estimated value of more than 249 million US dollar, which corresponds to 15.3% of national agricultural GDP.
As for nutrition 851 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 1 million 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, Threshing and Shelling, and then Winnowing. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Nzérékoré.
To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.
| Produced | 2,047,366 tonnes |
|---|---|
| Estimated postharvest losses | 11.9% / 243,957 tonnes / > 249 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.
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Number of people whose annual dietary requirements (in terms of energy, kcal) could have been met by consuming the rice that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.
1,013,730
people, 7.8%
2,365,753
children, 192.3%
856,326
women, 653.5%
758,087
men, 61.1%
See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›