Nutritional impact: Tanzania - Maize - 2015


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Tanzania Male, 31-50 years, Tanzania
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 2,858,938,712,963 kcal 3,463,888 5.9 2,545,567 48.0
Carbohydrate 607,327,036 kg 4,709,357 8.0 3,460,846 65.3
Protein 63,970,728 kg 5,490,876 9.3 3,793,556 71.6
Fat 28,431,435 kg 1,125,077 1.9 828,492 15.6
Fibre, total dietary 57,652,632 kg 5,017,869 8.5 3,666,661 69.2
Calcium, Ca 47,386 kg 156,692 0.265 162,280 3.1
Iron, Fe 27,642 kg 8,270,959 14.0 8,414,512 158.8
Zinc, Zn 14,216 kg 4,221,721 7.1 2,959,511 55.9
Folate, total 197.4 kg 2,055,527 3.5 1,690,415 31.9
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
Vitamin C - - - - -

Reference data

Total population - Tanzania 59,091,396
Total population - Tanzania;
Male, 31-50 years
5,298,442

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


Maize: production - Tanzania, 2015 4,410,246,000 kg
Maize: losses - Tanzania, 2015 789,762,075 kg

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