Nutritional impact: Kenya - Maize - 2017


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Kenya Male, 31-50 years, Kenya
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 1,891,376,466,137 kcal 2,225,610 4.4 1,684,060 31.3
Carbohydrate 401,786,879 kg 3,025,846 5.9 2,289,578 42.6
Protein 42,320,855 kg 3,498,256 6.9 2,509,687 46.6
Fat 18,809,269 kg 723,177 1.4 548,102 10.2
Fibre, total dietary 38,141,017 kg 3,220,393 6.3 2,425,738 45.1
Calcium, Ca 31,349 kg 102,637 0.201 107,359 2.0
Iron, Fe 18,287 kg 5,385,913 10.6 5,566,755 103.5
Zinc, Zn 9,405 kg 2,710,175 5.3 1,957,912 36.4
Folate, total 130.6 kg 1,323,424 2.6 1,118,321 20.8
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
Vitamin C - - - - -

Reference data

Total population - Kenya 50,950,877
Total population - Kenya;
Male, 31-50 years
5,380,496

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


Maize: production - Kenya, 2017 3,134,722,000 kg
Maize: losses - Kenya, 2017 522,479,687 kg

Data version 2.19.3