Kenya, Millet, 2013

Kenya's estimated postharvest losses for millet in 2013 was 15,370 tonnes or 17.9%.

As for nutrition 55 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 65 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 Nyanza.

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	69674
2012	74916
2013	86079
2014	86079
2015	86079
2016	86079
2017	86079
2018	86079
2019	146871
2020	155907

Produced	86,079 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	17.9% / 15,370 tonnes

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
82.1447 Production quantity: 86,079 tonnes	17.9 Estimated PHL: 15,370 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	90.86559 Remaining: 90.86559% Est. PHL: 9.13441%	9.13441 Remaining: 90.86559% Est. PHL: 9.13441%
Threshing and Shelling	88.86559 Remaining: 88.86559% Est. PHL: 2%	2 Remaining: 88.86559% Est. PHL: 2%
Winnowing	86.53515 Remaining: 86.53515% Est. PHL: 2.33044%	2.33044 Remaining: 86.53515% Est. PHL: 2.33044%
Transport from field	84.03515 Remaining: 84.03515% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 84.03515% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage	83.44911 Remaining: 83.44911% Est. PHL: 0.58604%	0.58604 Remaining: 83.44911% Est. PHL: 0.58604%
Transport to market	82.44911 Remaining: 82.44911% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 82.44911% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	79.79911 Remaining: 79.79911% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 79.79911% 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

59,321

people, 0.1%

Children 1-3

140,077

children, 3.2%

Pregnant women 19-30

50,704

women, 17.2%

Men 31-50

44,887

men, 0.8%

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