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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
279955
2012
141011
2013
279955
2014
156912
2015
82543
2016
279955
2017
279955
2018
279955
2019
279955
2020
279955
Produced
82,543 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
12.6%
/ 10,419 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
87.3777Production quantity: 82,543 tonnes
12.6Estimated PHL: 10,419 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
95.45375Remaining: 95.45375% Est. PHL: 4.54625%
4.54625Remaining: 95.45375% Est. PHL: 4.54625%
Threshing and Shelling
91.85375Remaining: 91.85375% Est. PHL: 3.6%
3.6Remaining: 91.85375% Est. PHL: 3.6%
Winnowing
91.85375Remaining: 91.85375% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 91.85375% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field
89.68708Remaining: 89.68708% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
2.16667Remaining: 89.68708% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
Household-level storage
86.73395Remaining: 86.73395% Est. PHL: 2.95313%
2.95313Remaining: 86.73395% Est. PHL: 2.95313%
Transport to market
85.73395Remaining: 85.73395% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 85.73395% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
84.43395Remaining: 84.43395% Est. PHL: 1.3%
1.3Remaining: 84.43395% Est. PHL: 1.3%
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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.