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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
1497410
2012
1497410
2013
358000
2014
1085000
2015
1497410
2016
1457000
2017
879000
2018
2647000
2019
2687000
2020
1918000
Produced
1,497,410 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
8.8%
/ 132,360 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
91.16075Production quantity: 1,497,410 tonnes
8.8Estimated PHL: 132,360 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
94.5Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field
92Remaining: 92% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 92% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage
90.86667Remaining: 90.86667% Est. PHL: 1.13333%
1.13333Remaining: 90.86667% Est. PHL: 1.13333%
Transport to market
90.86667Remaining: 90.86667% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 90.86667% Est. PHL: 0%
Market storage
90.86667Remaining: 90.86667% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 90.86667% 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.