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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
32999
2012
24397
2013
10263
2014
33092
2015
35524
2016
25051
2017
24749
2018
25051
2019
19608
2020
25051
Produced
24,749 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
8.5%
/ 2,101 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
91.51277Production quantity: 24,749 tonnes
8.5Estimated PHL: 2,101 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
94.78595Remaining: 94.78595% Est. PHL: 5.21405%
5.21405Remaining: 94.78595% Est. PHL: 5.21405%
Threshing and Shelling
91.18595Remaining: 91.18595% Est. PHL: 3.6%
3.6Remaining: 91.18595% Est. PHL: 3.6%
Winnowing
91.18595Remaining: 91.18595% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 91.18595% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field
89.01928Remaining: 89.01928% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
2.16667Remaining: 89.01928% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
Household-level storage
87.29089Remaining: 87.29089% Est. PHL: 1.72839%
1.72839Remaining: 87.29089% Est. PHL: 1.72839%
Transport to market
86.29089Remaining: 86.29089% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 86.29089% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
84.94569Remaining: 84.94569% Est. PHL: 1.3452%
1.3452Remaining: 84.94569% Est. PHL: 1.3452%
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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.