Nutritional impact: Uganda - Millet - 2016


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Uganda Male, 31-50 years, Uganda
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 125,189,352,021 kcal 153,732 0.347 111,467 3.0
Carbohydrate 29,083,624 kg 228,573 0.516 165,733 4.5
Protein 2,519,054 kg 220,256 0.498 149,384 4.1
Fat 496,177 kg 19,896 0.045 14,459 0.393
Fibre, total dietary 5,114,443 kg 451,432 1.0 325,274 8.9
Calcium, Ca 104,961 kg 348,325 0.787 359,454 9.8
Iron, Fe 1,031 kg 308,462 0.697 313,705 8.5
Zinc, Zn 458.0 kg 137,808 0.311 95,351 2.6
Folate, total 3.8 kg 40,251 0.091 32,678 0.889
Vitamin A (RAE) 1.9 kg 11,497 0.026 8,365 0.228
Vitamin C - - - - -

Reference data

Total population - Uganda 44,270,565
Total population - Uganda;
Male, 31-50 years
3,674,952

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


Millet: production - Uganda, 2016 309,892,000 kg
Millet: losses - Uganda, 2016 38,167,485 kg

Data version 2.19.3