Reducing On-Farm Food Losses
In the OIC Member Countries
112
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
Tomatoes
Nigeria
160 million pop
US$60/tonne
1.5 million
tonnes
$90 million 20% 300,000
tonnes
$18 million
Tomatoes
Turkey
72 million pop
US$100/tonne
11 million
tonnes
1.1 billion 28% 3.1 million
tonnes
$308
million
Broiler meat
Turkey
72 million pop
US$1000/tonne
2 million
tonnes
$2 billion 4% 80,000
tonnes
$80 million
Broiler meat
Indonesia
740 million pop
US$500/tonne
1.6 million
tonnes
$800 million 6% 96,000
tonnes
$48 million
Milk
Turkey
72 million pop
US$550/1000L
18 billion L
(18 million
tonnes)
$9.9 billion 10% 1.8 million
tonnes
$990
million
Milk
Uganda
34 million pop
US$200/1000L
1.9 billion L
(1.9 million
tonnes)
$380 million 10% 190,000
tonnes
$38 million
Shrimp
Indonesia
740 million pop
US$4000/tonne
400,000
tonnes
$16 billion 5% 20,000
tonnes
$80 million
Tilapia
Indonesia
740 million pop
US$1000/tonne
670,000
tonnes
$670 million 5% 33,500
tonnes
$33.5
million
Source: Case study findings; Key informants surveys, FAOSTAT; FISHSTAT; Kumar 1992; Umeh et al., 1999; Tewe et
al. 2001; Nautiyal, 2002; Kasirye 2003; FAO, 2005; Sanni et, 2009; Olayemi et al., 2010; Gustavsson et al., 2011;
WOR, 2012; DADTCO, 2012; USAID MARKET, 2012; World Aquaculture Society, 2013; Tatlıdil et al., 2013; AGRA,
2013; USAID, 2013; Fitzsimmons, et al., 2014; Aral et al., 2014; Salama, et al., 2015; Bounfour 2015; Muyinza, et al.,
2015.
Since these are case studies of individual crops in individual countries, the findings cannot
immediately be applied to all 57 OIC member countries. Determining the total on-farm losses in
dozens of different crops and food groups would be rough guesswork, but based on these initial