Nutritional impact: Ethiopia - Rice - 2004


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 33,920,670,542 kcal 39,917 0.037 30,203 0.298
Carbohydrate 7,561,088 kg 56,945 0.053 43,087 0.425
Protein 615,878 kg 50,886 0.047 36,522 0.360
Fat 47,375 kg 1,822 0.002 1,381 0.014
Fibre, total dietary 75,800 kg 6,401 0.006 4,821 0.048
Calcium, Ca 758.0 kg 2,476 0.002 2,596 0.026
Iron, Fe 56.9 kg 16,727 0.016 17,306 0.171
Zinc, Zn 104.2 kg 30,037 0.028 21,698 0.214
Folate, total 0.569 kg 5,755 0.005 4,867 0.048
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
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.


Rice: production - Ethiopia, 2004 79,688,000 kg
Rice: losses - Ethiopia, 2004 9,475,048 kg

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