Madagascar's estimated postharvest losses for maize in 2015 was 58,218 tonnes or 17.7%.
As for nutrition 210 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 251 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 Vakinankaratra.
To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.
| Produced | 329,367 tonnes |
|---|---|
| Estimated postharvest losses | 17.7% / 58,218 tonnes |
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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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