Mauritania, Sorghum, 2020

Mauritania's estimated postharvest losses for sorghum in 2020 was 10,468 tonnes or 12.2%.

As for nutrition 36 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 42 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, Threshing and Shelling, and then Household-level storage. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Hodh ech Chargui.

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	114640
2012	26825
2013	129621
2014	85761
2015	85761
2016	85761
2017	85761
2018	85761
2019	85761
2020	85761

Produced	85,761 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	12.2% / 10,468 tonnes

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
87.7937 Production quantity: 85,761 tonnes	12.2 Estimated PHL: 10,468 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	95.45 Remaining: 95.45% Est. PHL: 4.55%	4.55 Remaining: 95.45% Est. PHL: 4.55%
Threshing and Shelling	91.85 Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 3.6%	3.6 Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 3.6%
Winnowing	91.85 Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 0%	0 Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field	89.68333 Remaining: 89.68333% Est. PHL: 2.16667%	2.16667 Remaining: 89.68333% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
Household-level storage	87.21 Remaining: 87.21% Est. PHL: 2.47333%	2.47333 Remaining: 87.21% Est. PHL: 2.47333%
Transport to market	87.21 Remaining: 87.21% Est. PHL: 0%	0 Remaining: 87.21% Est. PHL: 0%
Market storage	87.21 Remaining: 87.21% Est. PHL: 0%	0 Remaining: 87.21% Est. PHL: 0%

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 sorghum that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.

Total number

42,425

people, 0.9%

Children 1-3

100,061

children, 24.6%

Pregnant women 19-30

36,219

women, 67.3%

Men 31-50

32,064

men, 6.5%

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