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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
1391760
2012
1772993
2013
1153049
2014
1715762
2015
1327070
2016
1807276
2017
1176790
2018
1841038
2019
1327070
2020
1327070
Produced
1,031,988 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
8.3%
/ 86,068 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
91.65997Production quantity: 1,031,988 tonnes
8.3Estimated PHL: 86,068 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
96.5Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%
3.5Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%
Threshing and Shelling
94.5Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%
2Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%
Winnowing
94.21039Remaining: 94.21039% Est. PHL: 0.28961%
0.28961Remaining: 94.21039% Est. PHL: 0.28961%
Transport from field
91.71039Remaining: 91.71039% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 91.71039% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage
91.40721Remaining: 91.40721% Est. PHL: 0.30318%
0.30318Remaining: 91.40721% Est. PHL: 0.30318%
Transport to market
91.40721Remaining: 91.40721% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 91.40721% Est. PHL: 0%
Market storage
91.40721Remaining: 91.40721% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 91.40721% Est. PHL: 0%
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Nutrition
Number of people whose annual dietary requirements (in terms of energy, kcal) could have been met by consuming the millet that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.