Nutritional impact: Cameroon - Millet - 2022


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Cameroon Male, 9-13 years, Cameroon
Number of people's
annual nutritional requirements lost
% of population
nutritional requirements lost
Number of people
in focal group’s annual nutrient requirements lost
% of focal group population’s
annual nutritional requirements lost
Energy 319,637,882,220 kcal 381,650 1.5 383,247 24.1
Carbohydrate 56,902,568 kg 434,830 1.8 436,649 27.4
Protein 7,727,509 kg 650,340 2.6 773,803 48.6
Fat 5,093,131 kg 198,652 0.805 199,855 12.6
Fibre, total dietary 7,903,134 kg 677,543 2.7 676,850 42.5
Calcium, Ca 12,294 kg 40,541 0.164 30,620 1.9
Iron, Fe 6,674 kg 1,964,155 8.0 2,066,019 129.9
Zinc, Zn 2,485 kg 725,887 2.9 694,743 43.7
Folate, total 26.3 kg 270,063 1.1 288,699 18.1
Vitamin A (RAE) 0 kg 0 0 0 0
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Cameroon 24,678,233
Total population - Cameroon;
Male, 9-13 years
1,590,968

2018 population estimates; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, DVD Edition.


Millet: production - Cameroon, 2022 950,389,000 kg
Millet: losses - Cameroon, 2022 87,812,605 kg

Data version 2.19.3