Nutritional impact: Mozambique - Sorghum - 2015


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 38,028,642,209 kcal 46,065 0.151 45,597 2.2
Carbohydrate 7,116,045 kg 55,167 0.181 54,606 2.7
Protein 1,177,325 kg 100,942 0.331 117,893 5.8
Fat 343,821 kg 13,602 0.045 13,492 0.664
Fibre, total dietary 656,385 kg 57,115 0.187 56,215 2.8
Calcium, Ca 2,917 kg 9,624 0.032 7,266 0.358
Iron, Fe 458.4 kg 136,374 0.447 141,917 7.0
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, 2015 82,543,000 kg
Sorghum: losses - Mozambique, 2015 10,418,806 kg

Data version 2.19.3