Nutritional impact: Lesotho - Wheat - 2015


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Lesotho Male, 9-13 years, Lesotho
Number of people's
annual nutritional requirements lost
% of population
nutritional requirements lost
Number of people
in focal group’s annual nutrient requirements lost
% of focal group population’s
annual nutritional requirements lost
Energy 2,789,304,415 kcal 3,225 0.143 3,344 2.7
Carbohydrate 519,940 kg 3,848 0.170 3,990 3.2
Protein 87,640 kg 7,061 0.312 8,776 7.1
Fat 13,483 kg 509.5 0.023 529.1 0.428
Fibre, total dietary 105,336 kg 8,735 0.386 9,021 7.3
Calcium, Ca 227.5 kg 742.6 0.033 566.7 0.458
Iron, Fe 27.1 kg 7,963 0.352 8,374 6.8
Zinc, Zn 22.2 kg 6,290 0.278 6,196 5.0
Folate, total 0.346 kg 3,436 0.152 3,786 3.1
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Lesotho 2,263,014
Total population - Lesotho;
Male, 9-13 years
123,687

2018 population estimates; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, DVD Edition.


Wheat: production - Lesotho, 2015 7,070,000 kg
Wheat: losses - Lesotho, 2015 842,690 kg

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