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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
4000137
2012
3983772
2013
3643921
2014
3841678
2015
4238705
2016
4351245
2017
4786205
2018
5263483
2019
3652267
2020
3652267
Produced
3,652,267 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
12.5%
/ 456,992 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
87.4874Production quantity: 3,652,267 tonnes
12.5Estimated PHL: 456,992 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
95.45Remaining: 95.45% Est. PHL: 4.55%
4.55Remaining: 95.45% Est. PHL: 4.55%
Threshing and Shelling
91.85Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 3.6%
3.6Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 3.6%
Winnowing
91.85Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field
89.68333Remaining: 89.68333% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
2.16667Remaining: 89.68333% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
Household-level storage
86.96621Remaining: 86.96621% Est. PHL: 2.71712%
2.71712Remaining: 86.96621% Est. PHL: 2.71712%
Transport to market
85.96621Remaining: 85.96621% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 85.96621% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
83.31621Remaining: 83.31621% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 83.31621% Est. PHL: 2.65%
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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.