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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
58808
2012
29860
2013
64962
2014
39684
2015
39989
2016
50137
2017
26045
2018
22619
2019
26807
2020
27237
Produced
57,042 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
11.2%
/ 6,363 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
88.8443Production quantity: 57,042 tonnes
11.2Estimated PHL: 6,363 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
92Remaining: 92% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 92% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field
89.5Remaining: 89.5% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 89.5% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage
88.325Remaining: 88.325% Est. PHL: 1.175%
1.175Remaining: 88.325% Est. PHL: 1.175%
Transport to market
88.325Remaining: 88.325% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 88.325% Est. PHL: 0%
Market storage
88.325Remaining: 88.325% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 88.325% 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.