Nutritional impact: Ethiopia - Millet - 2012


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Ethiopia Male, 31-50 years, Ethiopia
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 232,343,576,126 kcal 273,415 0.254 206,876 2.0
Carbohydrate 53,977,380 kg 406,522 0.378 307,589 3.0
Protein 4,675,206 kg 386,279 0.359 277,246 2.7
Fat 920,874 kg 35,406 0.033 26,834 0.265
Fibre, total dietary 9,492,085 kg 801,549 0.745 603,689 6.0
Calcium, Ca 194,800 kg 636,221 0.592 667,124 6.6
Iron, Fe 1,913 kg 562,752 0.523 582,217 5.7
Zinc, Zn 850.0 kg 244,978 0.228 176,966 1.7
Folate, total 7.1 kg 71,707 0.067 60,648 0.599
Vitamin A (RAE) 3.5 kg 20,503 0.019 15,526 0.153
Vitamin C - - - - -

Reference data

Total population - Ethiopia 107,534,878
Total population - Ethiopia;
Male, 31-50 years
10,131,201

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


Millet: production - Ethiopia, 2012 652,767,000 kg
Millet: losses - Ethiopia, 2012 70,836,456 kg

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