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Post-Harvest Loss Tracker

Monitor, analyze, and combat post-harvest losses across agriculture value chains in all 55 African Union member states.

Average PHL Rate
30-40%Across the continent
Annual Impact
$48BEconomic losses/year
Loss Stages
6Value chain stages
Countries Tracked
55AU Member States

Loss by Value Chain Stage

Average percentage of produce lost at each stage, cumulative total ~40%

Harvesting: 5%
Handling: 8%
Storage: 12%
Transport: 6%
Processing: 4%
Market: 5%
Cumulative: ~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