Nutritional impact: Mozambique - Sorghum - 2014


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 72,069,693,266 kcal 87,300 0.286 86,412 4.3
Carbohydrate 13,485,918 kg 104,549 0.342 103,486 5.1
Protein 2,231,199 kg 191,299 0.627 223,424 11.0
Fat 651,589 kg 25,779 0.084 25,568 1.3
Fibre, total dietary 1,243,943 kg 108,242 0.355 106,535 5.2
Calcium, Ca 5,529 kg 18,238 0.060 13,770 0.678
Iron, Fe 868.8 kg 258,449 0.847 268,953 13.2
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, 2014 156,912,000 kg
Sorghum: losses - Mozambique, 2014 19,745,121 kg

Data version 2.19.3