Sierra Leone's estimated postharvest losses for rice in 2015 was 219,978 tonnes or 19.9% which had an estimated value of more than 223 million US dollar, which corresponds to 9.0% of national agricultural GDP.
As for nutrition 767 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 911 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, Threshing and Shelling, and then Market storage. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Northern.
To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.
| Produced | 1,105,256 tonnes |
|---|---|
| Estimated postharvest losses | 19.9% / 219,978 tonnes / > 223 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.
911,720
people, 11.8%
2,133,212
children, 306.4%
772,154
women, 1,520.0%
683,571
men, 89.6%
See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›