Post-Harvest Loss Tracker
Monitor, analyze, and combat post-harvest losses across agriculture value chains in all 55 African Union member states.
Loss by Value Chain Stage
Average percentage of produce lost at each stage, cumulative total ~40%
PHL by Commodity
Loss rate (%) and economic impact ($B) by commodity group
Country Comparison
Top 10 countries by average post-harvest loss rate (%)
PHL Reduction Target Tracking
Malabo Declaration target: halve post-harvest losses by 2025 (from 37% baseline in 2014 to 18.5%)
Target Gap Alert
Current continental PHL rate of 26% is 7.5 percentage points above the 2025 Malabo target of 18.5%. Accelerated investment in cold-chain infrastructure, storage, and processing is critical to close this gap.
Economic Impact Calculator
Estimate the economic impact of post-harvest losses for any commodity and production volume
Production Lost
125,000 MT
25% of total production
Economic Loss
$35M
At current market prices
Food Security Impact
312K
People could be fed/year