Nigeria's estimated postharvest losses for rice in 2019 was 984,908 tonnes or 11.7% which had an estimated value of more than 882 million US dollar, which corresponds to 0.9% of national agricultural GDP.
As for nutrition 3,437 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 4 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 Niger.
To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.
| Produced | 8,435,610 tonnes |
|---|---|
| Estimated postharvest losses | 11.7% / 984,908 tonnes / > 882 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.
4,135,134
people, 2.1%
9,551,056
children, 48.4%
3,457,174
women, 148.3%
3,060,559
men, 16.0%
See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›