Nutritional impact: Kenya - Millet - 2015


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Kenya Male, 9-13 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 35,983,809,142 kcal 42,343 0.083 43,145 1.3
Carbohydrate 8,359,653 kg 62,956 0.124 64,149 2.0
Protein 724,064 kg 59,851 0.117 72,505 2.2
Fat 142,619 kg 5,483 0.011 5,596 0.171
Fibre, total dietary 1,470,070 kg 124,124 0.244 125,902 3.8
Calcium, Ca 30,169 kg 98,776 0.194 75,142 2.3
Iron, Fe 296.2 kg 87,241 0.171 91,698 2.8
Zinc, Zn 131.6 kg 37,938 0.074 36,804 1.1
Folate, total 1.1 kg 11,115 0.022 12,023 0.368
Vitamin A (RAE) 0.549 kg 3,175 0.006 3,377 0.103
Vitamin C - - - - -

Reference data

Total population - Kenya 50,950,877
Total population - Kenya;
Male, 9-13 years
3,270,402

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


Millet: production - Kenya, 2015 86,079,000 kg
Millet: losses - Kenya, 2015 10,970,674 kg

Data version 2.19.3