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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
12600
2012
4674
2013
20406
2014
9844
2015
9528
2016
1159
2017
33857
2018
40335
2019
8411
2020
4255
Produced
9,528 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
11.6%
/ 1,106 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
88.3891Production quantity: 9,528 tonnes
11.6Estimated PHL: 1,106 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
87.8714Remaining: 87.8714% Est. PHL: 1.81193%
1.81193Remaining: 87.8714% Est. PHL: 1.81193%
Transport to market
87.8714Remaining: 87.8714% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 87.8714% Est. PHL: 0%
Market storage
87.8714Remaining: 87.8714% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 87.8714% Est. PHL: 0%
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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.