Somalia, Sorghum, 2018

Somalia's estimated postharvest losses for sorghum in 2018 was 15,924 tonnes or 11.7% which had an estimated value of more than 4 million US dollar.

As for nutrition 53 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 66 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 Market storage. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Bay.

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	188547
2012	84577
2013	59447
2014	133122
2015	130422
2016	77224
2017	95892
2018	135896
2019	127765
2020	93998

Produced	135,896 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	11.7% / 15,924 tonnes / > 4 million USD

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
88.2821 Production quantity: 135,896 tonnes	11.7 Estimated PHL: 15,924 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	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	88.93243 Remaining: 88.93243% Est. PHL: 0.7509%	0.7509 Remaining: 88.93243% Est. PHL: 0.7509%
Transport to market	87.93243 Remaining: 87.93243% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 87.93243% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	85.28243 Remaining: 85.28243% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 85.28243% Est. PHL: 2.65%

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

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

66,159

people, 0.4%

Children 1-3

149,998

children, 9.1%

Pregnant women 19-30

women, %

Men 31-50

48,066

men, 3.9%

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