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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
45758
2012
46194
2013
46625
2014
48025
2015
46751
2016
46689
2017
46878
2018
47207
2019
47669
2020
45098
Produced
44,857 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
11.2%
/ 5,004 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
88.8443Production quantity: 44,857 tonnes
11.2Estimated PHL: 5,004 tonnes
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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
100Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%
Harvesting/field drying
96.5Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%
3.5Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%
Threshing and Shelling
94.5Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%
2Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%
Winnowing
92Remaining: 92% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 92% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field
89.5Remaining: 89.5% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 89.5% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage
88.325Remaining: 88.325% Est. PHL: 1.175%
1.175Remaining: 88.325% Est. PHL: 1.175%
Transport to market
88.325Remaining: 88.325% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 88.325% Est. PHL: 0%
Market storage
88.325Remaining: 88.325% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 88.325% Est. PHL: 0%
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Nutrition
Number of people whose annual dietary requirements (in terms of energy, kcal) could have been met by consuming the millet that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.