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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
615655
2012
480762
2013
662615
2014
564846
2015
408995
2016
749873
2017
698642
2018
940549
2019
827620
2020
751306
Produced
751,306 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
8.7%
/ 65,078 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
91.33801Production quantity: 751,306 tonnes
8.7Estimated PHL: 65,078 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
94.11471Remaining: 94.11471% Est. PHL: 0.38529%
0.38529Remaining: 94.11471% Est. PHL: 0.38529%
Transport from field
91.61471Remaining: 91.61471% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 91.61471% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage
91.23505Remaining: 91.23505% Est. PHL: 0.37966%
0.37966Remaining: 91.23505% Est. PHL: 0.37966%
Transport to market
90.23505Remaining: 90.23505% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 90.23505% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
87.58505Remaining: 87.58505% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 87.58505% 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 millet that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.