Nutritional impact: Nigeria - Maize - 2012


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Nigeria Male, 9-13 years, Nigeria
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 5,427,284,308,131 kcal 6,529,065 3.3 6,507,340 50.6
Carbohydrate 993,706,210 kg 7,650,792 3.9 7,625,335 59.3
Protein 143,068,813 kg 12,154,368 6.2 14,326,365 111.4
Fat 63,758,927 kg 2,505,225 1.3 2,501,910 19.4
Fibre, total dietary 150,844,292 kg 13,034,758 6.7 12,918,788 100.4
Calcium, Ca 295,468 kg 978,502 0.500 735,911 5.7
Iron, Fe 48,208 kg 14,172,750 7.2 14,923,913 116.0
Zinc, Zn 24,104 kg 7,088,468 3.6 6,738,604 52.4
Folate, total 404.3 kg 4,170,577 2.1 4,430,958 34.4
Vitamin A (RAE) 0 kg 0 0 0 0
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Nigeria 195,875,239
Total population - Nigeria;
Male, 9-13 years
12,865,707

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


Maize: production - Nigeria, 2012 8,694,900,000 kg
Maize: losses - Nigeria, 2012 1,555,095,790 kg

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