Angola, Sorghum, 2021

Angola's estimated postharvest losses for sorghum in 2021 was 5,298 tonnes or 12.9%.

As for nutrition 19 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 23 thousand people, in terms of annual nutritional dietary energy requirements. In the value chain, the majority of the loss is estimated to be happening at Harvesting/field drying, Household-level storage, and then Threshing and Shelling. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Huíla.

To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.

Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses

Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)

2011–2021
2011	62169
2012	11491
2013	46375
2014	48225
2015	41056
2016	41056
2017	41056
2018	39788
2019	32257
2020	34991

Produced	41,056 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	12.9% / 5,298 tonnes

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
87.0948 Production quantity: 41,056 tonnes	12.9 Estimated PHL: 5,298 tonnes

See full postharvest losses data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes ›

Value chain

Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses in % per value chain step. Please note that once loss has occurred at harvesting, the percentage loss in the next stage is a percentage of what remained, not of the original amount.

Estimated % of crop left
Estimated % of crop lost

	Amount remaining(%)	Estimated postharvest loss(%)
Production	100 Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%	0 Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%
Harvesting/field drying	95.53124 Remaining: 95.53124% Est. PHL: 4.46876%	4.46876 Remaining: 95.53124% Est. PHL: 4.46876%
Threshing and Shelling	91.93124 Remaining: 91.93124% Est. PHL: 3.6%	3.6 Remaining: 91.93124% Est. PHL: 3.6%
Winnowing	91.93124 Remaining: 91.93124% Est. PHL: 0%	0 Remaining: 91.93124% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field	89.76457 Remaining: 89.76457% Est. PHL: 2.16667%	2.16667 Remaining: 89.76457% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
Household-level storage	86.09848 Remaining: 86.09848% Est. PHL: 3.66609%	3.66609 Remaining: 86.09848% Est. PHL: 3.66609%
Transport to market	85.09848 Remaining: 85.09848% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 85.09848% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	83.79848 Remaining: 83.79848% Est. PHL: 1.3%	1.3 Remaining: 83.79848% Est. PHL: 1.3%

See full value chain data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes ›

Nutrition

Number of people whose annual dietary requirements (in terms of energy, kcal) could have been met by consuming the sorghum that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.

Total number

23,712

people, 0.1%

Children 1-3

53,736

children, 1.6%

Pregnant women 19-30

19,451

women, 7.6%

Men 31-50

17,219

men, 0.7%

See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›