Reducing On-Farm Food Losses
In the OIC Member Countries
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Table 4.9: Examples of Economic Impacts of On-Farm Food Losses
Crop
Country
Population (pop)
Market Value
Total Annual
Production
Total
Economic
Value
Reported
% On-Farm
Losses*
Total
Volume Lost
(Estimated)
Economic
Value Lost
per Year
Maize
Uganda
34 million pop
US$250/tonne
2.8 million
tonnes
$700 million 10% 280,000
tonnes
$70 million
Rice
Bangladesh
151 million pop
US$350/tonne
50 million
tonnes
$17.5 billion 14% 7 million
tonnes
$2.45
billion
Sweetpotatoes
Nigeria
160 million pop
US$87.50/tonne
3.4 million
tonnes
$302 million 2% 69,000
tonnes
$6 million
Cassava
Nigeria
160 million pop
US$20/tonne
45 million
tonnes
$900 million 5% 900,000
tonnes
$45 million
Cassava
Guyana
0.8 million pop
US$430/tonne
7600 tonnes $3.2 million 6.5% 494 tonnes $212,000
Groundnuts
Mali
13.9 million pop
US$400/tonne
220,000
tonnes
$88 million 20% 44,000
tonnes
$17.6
million
Plantains
Uganda
34 million pop
US$120/tonne
9 million
tonnes
$1.08 billion 5% 450,000
tonnes
$54 million
Olives
Morocco
33 million pop
US$500/tonne
1.18 million
tonnes
$590 million 30% 354,000
tonnes
$177
million
Tomatoes
Egypt
78 million pop
US$200/tonne
8.5 million
tonnes
$1.7 billion 15% 1.27 million
tonnes
$255
million