Lesotho's estimated postharvest losses for wheat in 2011 was 2,734 tonnes or 14.3%.
As for nutrition 9 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 10 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 Household-level storage, Harvesting/field drying, and then Threshing and Shelling. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Mokhotlong.
To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.
Produced | 19,141 tonnes |
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Estimated postharvest losses | 14.3% / 2,734 tonnes |
See full postharvest losses data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes ›
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 wheat that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.
10,466
people, 0.5%
25,149
children, 14.4%
9,103
women, 109.3%
8,059
men, 3.5%
See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›