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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
73330
2012
68171
2013
82254
2014
93187
2015
79327
2016
58192
2017
90370
2018
82852
2019
133212
2020
128731
Produced
60,025 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
11.3%
/ 6,761 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
88.7357Production quantity: 60,025 tonnes
11.3Estimated PHL: 6,761 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
95.45Remaining: 95.45% Est. PHL: 4.55%
4.55Remaining: 95.45% Est. PHL: 4.55%
Threshing and Shelling
91.85Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 3.6%
3.6Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 3.6%
Winnowing
91.85Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field
89.68333Remaining: 89.68333% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
2.16667Remaining: 89.68333% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
Household-level storage
88.32828Remaining: 88.32828% Est. PHL: 1.35505%
1.35505Remaining: 88.32828% Est. PHL: 1.35505%
Transport to market
87.32828Remaining: 87.32828% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 87.32828% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
84.67828Remaining: 84.67828% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 84.67828% 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.