Nutritional impact: Senegal - Rice - 2016


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Senegal Male, 31-50 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 525,182,840,421 kcal 630,202 3.9 467,617 31.0
Carbohydrate 117,827,554 kg 904,891 5.6 671,439 44.6
Protein 10,383,271 kg 879,807 5.4 615,743 40.9
Fat 902,893 kg 35,392 0.217 26,310 1.7
Fibre, total dietary 2,106,751 kg 181,514 1.1 133,988 8.9
Calcium, Ca 18,058 kg 59,591 0.366 61,842 4.1
Iron, Fe 2,107 kg 625,959 3.8 641,324 42.6
Zinc, Zn 1,746 kg 513,869 3.2 363,408 24.1
Folate, total 30.1 kg 310,065 1.9 257,675 17.1
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, 31-50 years
1,507,072

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, 2016 906,349,000 kg
Rice: losses - Senegal, 2016 150,482,189 kg

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