Namibia, Sorghum, 2017

Namibia's estimated postharvest losses for sorghum in 2017 was 1 tonnes or 5.0% which had an estimated value of more than 3 thousand US dollar, which corresponds to 0.0% of national agricultural GDP.

As for nutrition 4 million kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 0 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 to market. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Ohangwena.

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 25
2012 25
2013 25
2014 25
2015 25
2016 25
2017 25
2018 25
2019 25
2020 25
Produced 25 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses 5.0% / 1 tonnes / > 3 thousand USD
Production quantity Estimated postharvest losses
95.02589 Production quantity: 25 tonnes 5.0 Estimated PHL: 1 tonnes

See full postharvest losses data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes › | USD ›

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 97.25 Remaining: 97.25%
Est. PHL: 2.75%
2.75 Remaining: 97.25%
Est. PHL: 2.75%
Household-level storage 97.25 Remaining: 97.25%
Est. PHL: 0%
0 Remaining: 97.25%
Est. PHL: 0%
Transport to market 96.25 Remaining: 96.25%
Est. PHL: 1%
1 Remaining: 96.25%
Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage 94.95 Remaining: 94.95%
Est. PHL: 1.3%
1.3 Remaining: 94.95%
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.

Total number

5

people, 0.0%


Children 1-3

13

children, 0.0%


Pregnant women 19-30

5

women, 0.0%


Men 31-50

4

men, 0.0%

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