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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
133216
2012
107969
2013
114750
2014
100248
2015
129674
2016
129666
2017
154549
2018
159696
2019
160000
2020
148236
Produced
131,737 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
14.8%
/ 19,530 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
85.1748Production quantity: 131,737 tonnes
14.8Estimated PHL: 19,530 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
90.76648Remaining: 90.76648% Est. PHL: 9.23352%
9.23352Remaining: 90.76648% Est. PHL: 9.23352%
Threshing and Shelling
87.16648Remaining: 87.16648% Est. PHL: 3.6%
3.6Remaining: 87.16648% Est. PHL: 3.6%
Winnowing
87.16648Remaining: 87.16648% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 87.16648% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field
84.99981Remaining: 84.99981% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
2.16667Remaining: 84.99981% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
Household-level storage
84.99981Remaining: 84.99981% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 84.99981% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport to market
83.99981Remaining: 83.99981% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 83.99981% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
81.34981Remaining: 81.34981% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 81.34981% 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.