Chad's estimated postharvest losses for millet in 2013 was 48,433 tonnes or 8.6% which had an estimated value of more than 26 million US dollar, which corresponds to 0.4% of national agricultural GDP.
As for nutrition 176 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 215 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, Transport from field, and then Threshing and Shelling. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Ouaddaï.
To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.
Produced | 561,912 tonnes |
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Estimated postharvest losses | 8.6% / 48,433 tonnes / > 26 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.
215,636
people, %
489,860
children, 29.4%
177,313
women, 86.1%
156,972
men, 12.5%
See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›