Uganda, Millet, 2016

Uganda's estimated postharvest losses for millet in 2016 was 38,167 tonnes or 12.3%.

As for nutrition 137 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 169 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 Winnowing. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Northern.

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	341494
2012	325103
2013	302576
2014	314527
2015	314523
2016	309892
2017	193459
2018	141980
2019	72661
2020	359081

Produced	309,892 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	12.3% / 38,167 tonnes

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
87.6836 Production quantity: 309,892 tonnes	12.3 Estimated PHL: 38,167 tonnes

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

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	96.5 Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%	3.5 Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%
Threshing and Shelling	94.5 Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%	2 Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%
Winnowing	92 Remaining: 92% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 92% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field	89.5 Remaining: 89.5% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 89.5% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage	88.9125 Remaining: 88.9125% Est. PHL: 0.5875%	0.5875 Remaining: 88.9125% Est. PHL: 0.5875%
Transport to market	87.9125 Remaining: 87.9125% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 87.9125% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	85.2625 Remaining: 85.2625% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 85.2625% Est. PHL: 2.65%

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

Nutrition

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.

Total number

153,732

people, 0.3%

Children 1-3

347,854

children, 7.2%

Pregnant women 19-30

125,912

women, 33.4%

Men 31-50

111,467

men, 3.0%

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