Ethiopia, Millet, 2005

Ethiopia's estimated postharvest losses for millet in 2005 was 67,192 tonnes or 11.2%.

As for nutrition 242 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 285 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, Market storage, and then Transport from field. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Amara.

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	635082
2012	652767
2013	742859
2014	848959
2015	915314
2016	940246
2017	1017749
2018	1030807
2019	765157
2020	765157

Produced	601,835 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	11.2% / 67,192 tonnes

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
88.8355 Production quantity: 601,835 tonnes	11.2 Estimated PHL: 67,192 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	96.5 Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%	3.5 Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%
Threshing and Shelling	94.5 Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%	2 Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%
Winnowing	92.28896 Remaining: 92.28896% Est. PHL: 2.21104%	2.21104 Remaining: 92.28896% Est. PHL: 2.21104%
Transport from field	89.78896 Remaining: 89.78896% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 89.78896% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage	88.69151 Remaining: 88.69151% Est. PHL: 1.09745%	1.09745 Remaining: 88.69151% Est. PHL: 1.09745%
Transport to market	87.69151 Remaining: 87.69151% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 87.69151% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	85.04151 Remaining: 85.04151% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 85.04151% Est. PHL: 2.65%

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 millet that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.

Total number

259,348

people, 0.2%

Children 1-3

612,380

children, 6.6%

Pregnant women 19-30

221,662

women, 23.1%

Men 31-50

196,232

men, 1.9%

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