Madagascar's estimated postharvest losses for rice in 2013 was 411,111 tonnes or 11.4% which had an estimated value of more than 247 million US dollar, which corresponds to 7.5% of national agricultural GDP.
As for nutrition 1,471 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 Vakinankaratra.
To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.
| Produced | 3,610,626 tonnes |
|---|---|
| Estimated postharvest losses | 11.4% / 411,111 tonnes / > 247 million USD |
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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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