Kenya, Millet, 2019

Kenya's estimated postharvest losses for millet in 2019 was 18,620 tonnes or 12.7%.

As for nutrition 67 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 79 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 Eastern.

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	146,871 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	12.7% / 18,620 tonnes

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
87.322 Production quantity: 146,871 tonnes	12.7 Estimated PHL: 18,620 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	92.25207 Remaining: 92.25207% Est. PHL: 2.24793%	2.24793 Remaining: 92.25207% Est. PHL: 2.24793%
Transport from field	89.75207 Remaining: 89.75207% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 89.75207% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage	89.1818 Remaining: 89.1818% Est. PHL: 0.57027%	0.57027 Remaining: 89.1818% Est. PHL: 0.57027%
Transport to market	88.1818 Remaining: 88.1818% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 88.1818% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	85.5318 Remaining: 85.5318% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 85.5318% 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

71,867

people, 0.1%

Children 1-3

169,704

children, 3.9%

Pregnant women 19-30

61,427

women, 20.8%

Men 31-50

54,380

men, 1.0%

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