Nutritional impact: Mauritania - Millet - 2005


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Mauritania Male, 9-13 years, Mauritania
Number of people's
annual nutritional requirements lost
% of population
nutritional requirements lost
Number of people
in focal group’s annual nutrient requirements lost
% of focal group population’s
annual nutritional requirements lost
Energy 1,616,786,943 kcal 1,905 0.042 1,939 0.708
Carbohydrate 287,824 kg 2,170 0.048 2,209 0.807
Protein 39,087 kg 3,229 0.071 3,914 1.4
Fat 25,762 kg 991.6 0.022 1,011 0.369
Fibre, total dietary 39,976 kg 3,380 0.074 3,424 1.3
Calcium, Ca 62.2 kg 204.9 0.005 154.9 0.057
Iron, Fe 33.8 kg 9,949 0.219 10,450 3.8
Zinc, Zn 12.6 kg 3,624 0.080 3,514 1.3
Folate, total 0.133 kg 1,350 0.030 1,460 0.534
Vitamin A (RAE) 0 kg 0 0 0 0
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Mauritania 4,540,072
Total population - Mauritania;
Male, 9-13 years
273,711

2018 population estimates; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, DVD Edition.


Millet: production - Mauritania, 2005 5,025,000 kg
Millet: losses - Mauritania, 2005 444,172 kg

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