Nutritional impact: Mauritania - Sorghum - 2018


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Mauritania Male, 9-13 years, Mauritania
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 36,010,854,493 kcal 42,425 0.934 43,177 15.8
Carbohydrate 6,605,479 kg 49,805 1.1 50,688 18.5
Protein 1,099,169 kg 90,806 2.0 110,067 40.2
Fat 345,453 kg 13,297 0.293 13,556 5.0
Fibre, total dietary 1,036,359 kg 87,633 1.9 88,757 32.4
Calcium, Ca 2,512 kg 8,280 0.182 6,257 2.3
Iron, Fe 387.3 kg 114,158 2.5 119,906 43.8
Zinc, Zn 187.4 kg 54,021 1.2 52,385 19.1
Folate, total 3.0 kg 30,759 0.677 33,269 12.2
Vitamin A (RAE) 0.105 kg 605.8 0.013 644.5 0.235
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Mauritania 4,540,072
Total population - Mauritania;
Male, 9-13 years
273,711

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


Sorghum: production - Mauritania, 2018 85,761,000 kg
Sorghum: losses - Mauritania, 2018 10,468,272 kg

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