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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
436214
2012
335339
2013
298377
2014
298103
2015
410309
2016
397066
2017
365620
2018
268494
2019
97309
2020
304875
Produced
397,066 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
12.6%
/ 50,119 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
87.3778Production quantity: 397,066 tonnes
12.6Estimated PHL: 50,119 tonnes
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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
100Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%
Harvesting/field drying
95.45Remaining: 95.45% Est. PHL: 4.55%
4.55Remaining: 95.45% Est. PHL: 4.55%
Threshing and Shelling
91.85Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 3.6%
3.6Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 3.6%
Winnowing
91.85Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field
89.68333Remaining: 89.68333% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
2.16667Remaining: 89.68333% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
Household-level storage
88.33331Remaining: 88.33331% Est. PHL: 1.35002%
1.35002Remaining: 88.33331% Est. PHL: 1.35002%
Transport to market
87.33331Remaining: 87.33331% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 87.33331% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
84.68331Remaining: 84.68331% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 84.68331% Est. PHL: 2.65%
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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.