Nutritional impact: Tanzania - Sorghum - 2022


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 366,381,660,535 kcal 443,908 0.751 439,293 11.2
Carbohydrate 80,625,581 kg 625,190 1.1 618,691 15.8
Protein 12,212,722 kg 1,048,269 1.8 1,222,935 31.2
Fat 3,566,547 kg 141,134 0.239 139,952 3.6
Fibre, total dietary 9,726,947 kg 846,597 1.4 833,047 21.3
Calcium, Ca 16,212 kg 53,608 0.091 40,378 1.0
Iron, Fe 4,431 kg 1,325,896 2.2 1,371,771 35.0
Zinc, Zn 864.6 kg 256,770 0.435 241,716 6.2
Folate, total 11.9 kg 123,769 0.209 130,285 3.3
Vitamin A (RAE) 6.5 kg 38,572 0.065 39,924 1.0
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.


Sorghum: production - Tanzania, 2022 872,842,000 kg
Sorghum: losses - Tanzania, 2022 108,077,186 kg

Data version 2.19.3