Ethiopia, Millet, 2011

Ethiopia's estimated postharvest losses for millet in 2011 was 69,349 tonnes or 10.9%.

As for nutrition 250 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 294 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	635,082 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	10.9% / 69,349 tonnes

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
89.0804 Production quantity: 635,082 tonnes	10.9 Estimated PHL: 69,349 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	92.48853 Remaining: 92.48853% Est. PHL: 2.01147%	2.01147 Remaining: 92.48853% Est. PHL: 2.01147%
Transport from field	89.98853 Remaining: 89.98853% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 89.98853% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage	88.94666 Remaining: 88.94666% Est. PHL: 1.04187%	1.04187 Remaining: 88.94666% Est. PHL: 1.04187%
Transport to market	87.94666 Remaining: 87.94666% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 87.94666% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	85.29666 Remaining: 85.29666% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 85.29666% 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

267,672

people, 0.2%

Children 1-3

632,036

children, 6.8%

Pregnant women 19-30

228,776

women, 23.8%

Men 31-50

202,531

men, 2.0%

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