Niger's estimated postharvest losses for millet in 2016 was 334,060 tonnes or 8.6% which had an estimated value of more than 110 million US dollar, which corresponds to 3.0% of national agricultural GDP.
As for nutrition 1,215 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 1 million 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, Transport from field, and then Threshing and Shelling. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Dosso.
To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.
| Produced | 3,886,079 tonnes |
|---|---|
| Estimated postharvest losses | 8.6% / 334,060 tonnes / > 110 million USD |
See full postharvest losses data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes › | USD ›
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.
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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.
1,521,029
people, 6.8%
3,378,750
children, 125.0%
1,222,998
women, 427.1%
1,082,693
men, 65.2%
See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›