Nutritional impact: Mozambique - Sorghum - 2013


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Mozambique Male, 9-13 years, Mozambique
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 129,204,257,398 kcal 156,508 0.513 154,917 7.6
Carbohydrate 24,177,125 kg 187,432 0.614 185,526 9.1
Protein 4,000,022 kg 342,955 1.1 400,547 19.7
Fat 1,168,148 kg 46,215 0.151 45,838 2.3
Fibre, total dietary 2,230,101 kg 194,053 0.636 190,993 9.4
Calcium, Ca 9,912 kg 32,696 0.107 24,686 1.2
Iron, Fe 1,558 kg 463,339 1.5 482,170 23.7
Zinc, Zn - - - - -
Folate, total - - - - -
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Mozambique 30,528,668
Total population - Mozambique;
Male, 9-13 years
2,031,091

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


Sorghum: production - Mozambique, 2013 279,955,000 kg
Sorghum: losses - Mozambique, 2013 35,398,427 kg

Data version 2.19.3