Table 2.
Crop | Percentage of Estimated Losses | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Weeds | Diseases | Insects | Total | |
rice | - | - | 37 | 37 |
maize | - | - | 31 | 31 |
wheat | 9.8 | 9.1 | 5.0 | 23.9 |
millet | 17.8 | 10.6 | 9.6 | 38.0 |
potatoes | - | - | 40 | 40 |
cassava | 9.2 | 16.6 | 7.7 | 33.5 |
soybeans | 13.5 | 11.1 | 4.5 | 29.1 |
peanuts | 11.8 | 11.3 | 17.1 | 40.4 |
sugarcane | 25.1 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 45.0 |