Nigeria's estimated postharvest losses for sorghum in 2021 was 828,876 tonnes or 12.3% which had an estimated value of more than 507 million US dollar.
As for nutrition 2,851 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 3 million 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, Threshing and Shelling, and then Household-level storage. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Kano.
To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.
| Produced | 6,725,500 tonnes |
|---|---|
| Estimated postharvest losses | 12.3% / 828,876 tonnes / > 507 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 sorghum that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.
3,430,177
people, 1.8%
7,922,794
children, 40.2%
2,867,796
women, 123.0%
2,538,796
men, 13.3%
See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›