Nutritional impact: Tanzania - Maize - 2015


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Tanzania Male, 9-13 years, Tanzania
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 2,858,938,712,963 kcal 3,463,888 5.9 3,427,881 87.6
Carbohydrate 607,327,036 kg 4,709,357 8.0 4,660,404 119.0
Protein 63,970,728 kg 5,490,876 9.3 6,405,785 163.6
Fat 28,431,435 kg 1,125,077 1.9 1,115,654 28.5
Fibre, total dietary 57,652,632 kg 5,017,869 8.5 4,937,556 126.1
Calcium, Ca 47,386 kg 156,692 0.265 118,022 3.0
Iron, Fe 27,642 kg 8,270,959 14.0 8,557,131 218.6
Zinc, Zn 14,216 kg 4,221,721 7.1 3,974,201 101.5
Folate, total 197.4 kg 2,055,527 3.5 2,163,732 55.3
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
Vitamin C - - - - -

Reference data

Total population - Tanzania 59,091,396
Total population - Tanzania;
Male, 9-13 years
3,915,106

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


Maize: production - Tanzania, 2015 4,410,246,000 kg
Maize: losses - Tanzania, 2015 789,762,075 kg

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