Nutritional impact: Nigeria - Millet - 2003


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 1,450,700,292,681 kcal 1,745,204 0.891 1,739,397 13.5
Carbohydrate 258,256,536 kg 1,988,381 1.0 1,981,765 15.4
Protein 35,071,875 kg 2,979,521 1.5 3,511,964 27.3
Fat 23,115,554 kg 908,260 0.464 907,058 7.1
Fibre, total dietary 35,868,963 kg 3,099,509 1.6 3,071,933 23.9
Calcium, Ca 55,796 kg 184,780 0.094 138,969 1.1
Iron, Fe 30,289 kg 8,904,821 4.5 9,376,781 72.9
Zinc, Zn 11,279 kg 3,316,853 1.7 3,153,144 24.5
Folate, total 119.6 kg 1,233,284 0.630 1,310,282 10.2
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.


Millet: production - Nigeria, 2003 4,197,234,000 kg
Millet: losses - Nigeria, 2003 398,544,036 kg

Data version 2.19.3