Madagascar's estimated postharvest losses for rice in 2018 was 462,353 tonnes or 11.5% which had an estimated value of more than 260 million US dollar, which corresponds to 7.9% of national agricultural GDP.
As for nutrition 1,655 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 Alaotra-Mangoro.
To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.
| Produced | 4,030,000 tonnes |
|---|---|
| Estimated postharvest losses | 11.5% / 462,353 tonnes / > 260 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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