Nutritional impact: Senegal - Rice - 2006


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Senegal Male, 9-13 years, Senegal
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 80,257,140,300 kcal 96,306 0.591 96,229 9.2
Carbohydrate 18,006,115 kg 138,283 0.849 138,172 13.2
Protein 1,586,746 kg 134,450 0.825 158,891 15.2
Fat 137,978 kg 5,409 0.033 5,414 0.518
Fibre, total dietary 321,948 kg 27,738 0.170 27,573 2.6
Calcium, Ca 2,760 kg 9,107 0.056 6,873 0.657
Iron, Fe 321.9 kg 95,657 0.587 99,667 9.5
Zinc, Zn 266.8 kg 78,528 0.482 74,576 7.1
Folate, total 4.6 kg 47,383 0.291 50,403 4.8
Vitamin A (RAE) 0 kg 0 0 0 0
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Senegal 16,294,278
Total population - Senegal;
Male, 9-13 years
1,045,906

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


Rice: production - Senegal, 2006 200,265,000 kg
Rice: losses - Senegal, 2006 22,996,315 kg

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