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Reducing Postharvest Losses

In the OIC Member Countries

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Oilseed and Pulses

The physical losses for OIC Member Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa is reported in

Table.

Compared to the global situation, the losses reported in the OIC Member Country Senegal in

the case/field study was similar.

Table 63: Physical losses for oilseeds and pulses compared to the global situation, literature

review, online survey and case/field survey

Postharvest loss

Global

Literature

review

Online survey

Case/Field study

Industrialised Asia

10%

-

N-

-

Sub-Saharan Africa

15%

-

-

14% (Senegal)

North Africa, West

and Central Asia

12%

-

-

-

South and Southeast

Asia

18%

-

-

-

Where:

-

= no data available for OIC Member Countries

Fruit and Vegetables

The physical losses for OIC Member Countries in Industrialised Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, North

Africa, West and Central Asia and South and Southeast Asia are report in

Table.

Compared to

the global situation, the losses reported in OIC Member Countries in the literature review,

online survey and the case/field study are generally similar.

Table 64: Physical losses for fruit and vegetables compared to the global situation, literature

review, online survey and case/field survey

Postharvest loss

Global

Literature review

Online survey

Case/Field study

Industrialised

Asia

15%

-

-

-

Sub-Saharan

Africa

38%

50% (Benin), 30-40%

(West Africa)

30-65%

(Nigeria),

25% (Cameroon)

-

North

Africa,

West and Central

Asia

32%

10-60% (Oman)

32%

(Uzbekistan),

40% (Lebanon)

-

South

and

Southeast Asia

32%

24% (Malaysia)

41% (Pakistan), 5-

35% (Tajikistan), 30%

(indonesia)

3-40%

(Bangladesh)

Where:

-

= no data available for OIC Member Countries

Meat and Meat Products

The physical losses for OIC Member Countries in North Africa, West and Central Asia is

reported in

Table.

Compared to the global situation, the losses reported in OIC Member

Countries in the literature review and the case/field study are of a similar order being lower in

Turkey and higher in Oman.